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Goniograptus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Sigmagraptidae

Taxonomy
Goniograptus was named by McCoy (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Llvi-l]. It is not extant.

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

Species
G. macer, G. speciosus
Species lacking formal opinion data
G. thureaui

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Goniograptus McCoy
1970Goniograptus Bulman p. V111
2002Goniograptus Sepkoski
2018Goniograptus Maletz et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
RankNameAuthor
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderSinograptina(Maletz 2009)
familySigmagraptidaeCooper and Fortey 1982
genusGoniograptusMcCoy 1876

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.

G. †Goniograptus McCoy 1876
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†Goniograptus macer Hall 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "sclero-protein"c
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: planktonicg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: Planktonic, floating (McKerrow, 1979).g
Created: 2009-04-11 12:45:56
Modified: 2009-04-11 14:45:56
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Bendigonian to the top of the Llanvirn or 474.90000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) G. sp. (78096)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Queensland) G. sp. (197370 197371)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Canada (Yukon) G. macer (204017 204028) G. thureaui (204019) G. thureaui, G. macer (204026)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1New Zealand G. thureaui (63191)
Chewtonian - Castlemainian473.1 - 470.3USA (Idaho) G. geometricus (145223)
Castlemainian471.3 - 470.3New Zealand G. sp. (63196) G. thureaui, G. macer (63284)
Yapeenian470.3 - 469.4New Zealand G. macer (63331 63334) G. thureaui, G. macer, G. speciosus (63326)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2USA (New York) G. sp. (303)