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Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae

Taxonomy
Climacograptus scharenbergi was named by Lapworth (1976).

It was recombined as Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi by Carter and Churkin (1977); it was recombined as Rectograptus scharenbergi by Popov and Cocks (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. marathonensis, P. modicellus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Climacograptus scharenbergi Lapworth figs. pl. 2, fig. 55
1977Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi Carter and Churkin pp. 27 - 28 figs. Plate 3, figure 6
2006Rectograptus scharenbergi Popov and Cocks p. 249

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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
genusPseudoclimacograptus
speciesscharenbergi(Lapworth 1976)

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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Uhaku to the top of the Eastonian or 459.70000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Virginia) Climacograptus scharenbergi (6986)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Climacograptus scharenbergi (104860) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (104868)
Llandeilian - Caradoc466.0 - 449.5USA (Alaska) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (114860)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Sweden (Dalarne) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (169285)
Uhaku - Kukruse459.7 - 456.8Russian Federation (Yaroslavl Oblast) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (235883)
Uhaku - Kukruse459.7 - 456.8Russian Federation (Novgorod oblast) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (235812)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Zhejiang) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (203723 203724)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (206170)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Kazakhstan Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (162194 162196)
Gisbornian458.4 - 452.7USA (Idaho) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (145228 145237 145239)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Alaska) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (114846 114847 114848 114850 114851 114853)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Sweden (Vastergotland) Climacograptus scharenbergi (76909)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Yukon) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (114855)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (New Brunswick) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (145615)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (188402 188403 188404 188406)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5USA (Idaho) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi (145472)