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Dichograptus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae

Taxonomy
Dichograptus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dichograpti by Bulman (1970); to Graptoloidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dichograptidae by Maletz et al. (2018).

Species
D. maccoyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Dichograptus Bulman p. V114
2002Dichograptus Sepkoski
2018Dichograptus Maletz et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
RankNameAuthor
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderDichograptinaLapworth 1873
familyDichograptidaeLapworth 1873
genusDichograptus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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†Dichograptus maccoyi Harris and Thomas 1940
†Dichograptus maccoyi maccoyi Harris and Thomas 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "sclero-protein"c
Locomotion: passively mobileo
Life habit: planktonico
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 15:07:12
Modified: 2009-05-19 07:15:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ningkuo to the top of the Yapeenian or 478.60000 to 467.30000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hunan) D. sp. (7694)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (HeBei) D. sp. (7958)
Ningkuo478.6 - 468.1China (JiangXi) D. sp. (7757 7763)
Ningkuo478.6 - 468.1China (ZheJiang) D. sp. (7771 7783 7784 7801 7811)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Norway D. sp. (3181 3182 3184)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (GuangXi) D. sp. (4670)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (QingHai) D. sp. (23602)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (ShanXi) D. sp. (7998)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Chile D. sp. (8860)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina D. sp. (8777 8869)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Yukon) D. maccoyi (204024 204026)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hunan) D. sp. (7711)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Australia (Queensland) D. maccoyi (197370)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Russian Federation (Siberia) D. sp. (205565)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Argentina D. sp. (9034)
Yapeenian470.3 - 467.3New Zealand D. maccoyi (63279) D. octonarius (63334) D. sp. (63200)
Castlemainian470.0 - 470.3New Zealand D. maccoyi (63285) D. octobranchiatus, D. octonarius (63284) D. octonarius (63196)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Colombia D. sp. (8863)