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Paraorthograptus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae

Taxonomy
Paraorthograptus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Graptoloidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Orthograptinae by Maletz (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Paraorthograptus Sepkoski
2014Paraorthograptus Maletz p. 512

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
RankNameAuthor
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderDiplograptina(Lapworth 1880)
familyDiplograptidae
subfamilyOrthograptinae
genusParaorthograptus

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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†Paraorthograptus pacificus Ruedemann 1947
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Invalid names: Paraorthograptus fenxiangensis Wang 1983 [synonym], Paraorthograptus minor Wang 1983 [synonym]
†Paraorthograptus uniformis Mu and Li 1984
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Rawtheyan to the top of the Hirnantian or 448.80000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2USA (Nevada) P. pacificus (145803 145805) P. pacificus, P. uniformis (145804)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Guangxi) P. pacificus (210281)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp., P. pacificus (205665)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) P. pacificus (184436)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Idaho) Climacograptus pacificus (145495 145496 145498)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (ZheJiang) P. sp. (7793)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) P. pacificus (184434)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Nevada) P. pacificus (145740 145742 145744 145745 145746) P. pacificus, P. uniformis (145613 145737 145739 145741)
Wufeng - Rawtheyan449.4 - 445.2China (Sichuan) P. sp. (7666)
Wufeng - Rawtheyan449.4 - 445.2China (Hubei) P. sp. (4686 4688)
Wufeng - Rawtheyan449.4 - 445.2China (JiangXi) P. sp. (7748)
Wufeng - Rawtheyan449.4 - 445.2China (Guizhou) P. sp. (4748 5134 7380)
Wufeng449.4 - 443.1China (AnHui) P. sp. (7833)
Wufeng449.4 - 443.1China (Guizhou) P. sp. (7636)
Wufeng - Hirnantian449.4 - 443.1China (JiangXi) P. sp. (7747)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.1China (Jiangxi) P. sp. (27904)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1USA (Nevada) P. pacificus (145749 145750) P. pacificus, P. uniformis (145747 145748 145756) P. uniformis (145755)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Russian Federation P. pacificus (152987)