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Acrograptus gracilis

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Sinograptidae

Taxonomy
Didymograptus gracilis was named by Törnquist (1891).

It was recombined as Acrograptus gracilis by Cooper and Fortey (1982), Vento et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Didymograptus gracilis Törnquist p. 17 figs. pl. 1 f. 9-12
1947Didymograptus gracilis Ruedemann p. 334 figs. pl. 57 f. 1-6
1982Acrograptus gracilis Cooper and Fortey p. 272 figs. 66c-g
2012Acrograptus gracilis Vento et al. p. 354 figs. 5F-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
RankNameAuthor
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderSinograptaMaletz 2009
familySinograptidaeMu 1957
subfamilySigmagraptinaeCooper and Fortey 1982
genusAcrograptus
speciesgracilis(Törnquist 1891)

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.

Acrograptus gracilis Törnquist 1891
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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: Floian or 477.10000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3Argentina (Jujuy) Acrograptus gracilis (238721)
Lancefieldian - Bendigonian484.3 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) Didymograptus gracilis (211106)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Argentina (Jujuy) Acrograptus gracilis (214961 220286)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Canada (Yukon) Acrograptus gracilis (204034)
Chewtonian - Castlemainian473.1 - 470.3USA (Idaho) Didymograptus gracilis (145223)