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Didymograptus latus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae

Taxonomy

Didymograptus latus was named by Hall (1907).

It was recombined as Cymatograptus latus by Toro and Maletz (2008); it was recombined as Expansograptus latus by Vento et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. acutus, D. adamantinus, D. affinis, D. asperus, D. bifidis, D. caduceus, D. clavalus, D. compressus, D. denticulatus, D. dilatans, D. eudous, D. formosus, D. geminus, D. geminus, D. gemminus, D. halli, D. indentus, D. missilis, D. mundus, D. navis, D. nicholsoni, D. nicholsoni, D. nilidus, D. pakrianus, D. perneri, D. protoindentus, D. retroflexus, D. rigoletto, D. sagitticaulis, D. serratulus, D. simulans, D. aequalis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1907	Didymograptus latus Hall
2008	Cymatograptus latus Toro and Maletz p. 981
2012	Expansograptus latus Vento et al. p. 353 figs. 5C; 6B-C

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Hemichordata	Bateson 1885
class	Pterobranchia	Lankester 1877

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Graptolithina	(Bronn 1849)
order	Graptoloidea	Lapworth 1875
suborder	Dichograptina	Lapworth 1873
family	Dichograptidae	Lapworth 1873
genus	Didymograptus	McCoy 1851
species	latus	Hall 1907

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.

†Didymograptus latus Hall 1907

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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: Floian or 477.10000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Floian	477.1 - 471.3	Argentina (Jujuy)	Expansograptus latus (214960 220286)
Arenig	477.1 - 468.0	Canada (Yukon)	Didymograptus latus (204016 204017 204021 204024 204026 204028)