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Pendeograptus pendens

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Phyllograptidae

Taxonomy
Tetragraptus pendens was named by Elles (1898). It is the type species of Pendeograptus.

It was recombined as Pendeograptus pendens by Toro et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Tetragraptus pendens Elles
2024Pendeograptus pendens Toro et al. p. 9 fig. 4.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
RankNameAuthor
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderDichograptinaLapworth 1873
familyPhyllograptidae
genusPendeograptusBouček and Příbyl 1952
speciespendens(Elles 1898)

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.

Pendeograptus pendens Elles 1898
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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 Floian to the top of the Dapingian or 477.10000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3Argentina (Jujuy) Pendeograptus pendens (238721)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Russian Federation (Siberia) Pendeograptus pendens (205382 205565)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Queensland) Tetragraptus pendens (197378 197381)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Canada (Yukon) Pendeograptus pendens (204014 204019 204024 204026 204028)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Pendeograptus pendens (206147)