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Climacograptus (Climacograptus)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Climacograptus (Climacograptus) Hall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
RankNameAuthor
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderDiplograptina(Lapworth 1880)
superfamilyClimacograptoideaFrech 1897
familyClimacograptidaeFrech 1807
genusClimacograptusHall 1865
subgenusClimacograptusHall 1865

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 Middle Ordovician to the top of the Maysvillian or 471.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (Nevada) Climacograptus bicornis (203990 203992)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Argentina (San Juan) Climacograptus bicornis (120528)
Gisbornian458.2 - 452.3USA (Idaho) Climacograptus bicornis (145233 145236 145237 145238 145240)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Climacograptus bicornis (25338)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (New Brunswick) Climacograptus bicornis (145615)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Alaska) Climacograptus bicornis (111718)
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Sweden (Skane) Climacograptus bicornis (80104)
Shermanian - Maysvillian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Climacograptus bicornis (25343)
Trentonian - Richmondian457.3 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Climacograptus bicornis (24117)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Climacograptus bicornis (205666)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) Climacograptus pseudoparvus (188404 188407 188413 188414)
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0USA (Idaho) Climacograptus bicornis (145463 145464)