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Diplacanthograptus spiniferus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae

Taxonomy
Climacograptus typicalis spiniferus was named by Ruedemann (1908).

It was recombined as Climacograptus spiniferus by Ruedemann (1912), Ruedemann (1947), Riva (1974), Vandenberg (1990); it was recombined as Climacograptus (Diplacanthograptus) spiniferus by Mitchell (1987); it was recombined as Diplacanthograptus spiniferus by Goldman and Wright (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Climacograptus typicalis spiniferus Ruedemann p. 412 figs. text-figs. 236, pi. 28, figs. 8-9.
1912Climacograptus spiniferus Ruedemann
1947Climacograptus spiniferus Ruedemann p. 439 figs. pl. 75, figs 1-7
1974Climacograptus spiniferus Riva pp. 11-17 figs. Plate 1, figs. 4, 8; text-figs. 2, 3, 4
1987Climacograptus (Diplacanthograptus) spiniferus Mitchell pp. 388 - 389
1990Climacograptus spiniferus Vandenberg pp. 49 - 50 figs. 9A-G
2003Diplacanthograptus spiniferus Goldman and Wright

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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
genusDiplacanthograptus
speciesspiniferus()

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: Katian or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) Climacograptus spiniferus (188414)