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Dicellograptus divaricatus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae

Taxonomy
Graptolithus divaricatus was named by Hall (1859).

It was recombined as Didymograpsus divaricatus by Nicholson (1870); it was recombined as Dicellograptus divaricatus by Elles and Wood (1907).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Graptolithus divaricatus Hall pp. 513, 514 figs. 3, 4
1870Didymograpsus divaricatus Nicholson p. 351 figs. pls. 7, figs. 4, 4a
1907Dicellograptus divaricatus Elles and Wood pp. 143 - 144 figs. Plate XX, figs. 5 a., 5 b

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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)
familyDicranograptidaeLapworth 1873
genusDicellograptusHopkinson 1871
speciesdivaricatus(Hall 1859)

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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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 Darriwilian to the top of the Whiterockian or 469.40000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (Nevada) Dicellograptus divaricatus (203993)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Dicellograptus divaricatus (104382)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2New Zealand Dicellograptus divaricatus (63963)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Dicellograptus divaricatus (206163)
Gisbornian458.2 - 452.3New Zealand Dicellograptus divaricatus (63956 63965)
Gisbornian458.2 - 452.3USA (Idaho) Dicellograptus divaricatus (145233 145236 145238)