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Acanthograptidae

Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Acanthograptidae Bulman
1970Acanthograptidae Bulman p. V41
1990Acanthograptidae Rickards et al. p. 226
2014Acanthograptidae Maletz p. 493

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
RankNameAuthor
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderDendroideaNicholson 1872
familyAcanthograptidaeBulman 1938
familyAcanthograptidaeBulman 1938

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.

Fm. †Acanthograptidae Bulman 1938
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Acanthograptus sinensis Hsü 1948
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Callograptus elegans Hall 1865
Callograptus praesalteri Rickards et al. 1990
Invalid names: Odontocaulis Lapworth 1881 [synonym]
G. †Dictyonema Hall 1851
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Dictyonema pulchellum Hall 1899
Dictyonema ramosissimum Ruedemann 1947
Dictyonema splendens Billings 1874
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Invalid names: Archaeodictyota [synonym]
G. †Palaeodictyota Whtifield 1902
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Palaeodictyota ramulosa Whtifield 1902
G. †Thallograptus Ruedemann 1925
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Thallograptus succulentus Ruedemann 1904
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "sclero-protein"c
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 15:06:41
Modified: 2009-04-11 14:26:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Idamean to the top of the Holkerian or 497.00000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections (216 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85USA (Montana) Acanthograptus sp. (258)
Idamean497.0 - 494.2Australia (Tasmania) Palaeodictyota sp., Thallograptus sp., Callograptus praesalteri, Dictyonema ramosissimum (204525)
Sakian - Aksaian497.0 - 491.5Russian Federation (Yaroslavl Oblast) Dictyonema sp. (235442)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85China (Guangxi) Callograptus sp., Dictyonema sp. (116360)
Late/Upper Cambrian497.0 - 486.85USA (Alaska) Callograptus sp., Dictyonema sp. (114979)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85Canada (Northwest Territories) Callograptus sp., Dictyonema sp. (25606) Dictyonema sp. (25595)
Furongian - Tremadoc497.0 - 477.1Poland Dictyonema sp. (72274)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Callograptus sp., Dictyonema quebecense (131361)
Mansian486.85 - 485.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Callograptus rosovae (131353) Callograptus sp. (131103)
Mansian486.85 - 485.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Callograptus sp. (9287) Callograptus sp., Dictyonema sp. (9273)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Quebec) Dictyonema splendens (233202)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) Callograptus formosus, Callograptus bohemicus (12112)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Czechia Dictyonema pragense, Dictyonema goepperti, Dictyonema sp. (12144)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Barrandia) Dictyonema sp. (12252)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Czechia (Barrandia) Dictyonema sp., Thallograptus jahni (12258)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Dictyonema hamiltoniae (5668)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany Dictyonema sp. A, Dictyonema sp. B, Dictyonema sp. C, Dictyonema sp. D (66898)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Colombia (Boyaca) Acanthograptus sp. (36012)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany Palaeodictyota montana (145664)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Ireland Callograptus sp. (76517)