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Retiolites

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae

Taxonomy
Retiolites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Retiolitinae by Lenz and Melchin (1987); and to Graptoloidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Retiolites Lenz and Melchin p. 163
2002Retiolites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
RankNameAuthor
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderNeograptinaStorch et al. 2011
superfamilyRetiolitoideaLapworth 1873
familyRetiolitidaeLapworth 1873
subfamilyRetiolitinaeLapworth 1873
genusRetiolites

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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Subg. †Retiolites (Pseudoretiolites) Bouček and Münch 1944
Retiolites geinitzianus Barrande 1850
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 Aeronian to the top of the Ludlow or 440.50000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Alaska) R. sp. (114963)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Australia (New South Wales) R. geinitzianus (24908)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9China (Nei Mongol) R. geinitzianus (27911)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9China (Yunnan) R. geinitzianus (27859)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Northwest Territories) R. sp. (25504 25555 25589) R. sp., R. geinitzianus (25643)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) R. geinitzianus (77051 77052 77054 77081) R. sp. (463)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9China (Xinjiang) R. geinitzianus (27814)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (Alaska) R. geinitzianus (114965)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (New York) R. geinitzianus (12929)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Northwest Territories) R. sp. (25554)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Yukon) R. geinizianus (185831)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Sweden R. sp. (159343)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9Morocco R. angustidens, R. geinitzianus (27457)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9Serbia R. dentatus (145656)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Guangdong) R. sp., R. geinitzianus (27775)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Morocco R. geinitzianus (27411 27459)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Andorra R. geinitzianus (191683)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Hubei) R. minutus (27841)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Sichuan) R. sp. (27798)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Western Sahara R. geinitzianus (27338)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Serbia R. geinitzianus (145661 145662 145663) R. robustus (145657 145658)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (New York) R. geinitzianus (77053 81820 81878 81909 82554 82558 83097) R. venosus (82607)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Denmark (Bornholm) R. geinitzianus (13713 13714 13715)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9France R. sp. (26111)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Denmark (Bornholm) R. geinitzianus (13716)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (New York) R. geinitzianus (82514)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) R. textor (185621)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Guinea R. geinitzianus (209303)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Greenland R. geinitzianus (188491)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Morocco R. spp. (27053)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) R. geinitzianus (229585)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Algeria R. geinitzianus (56778)