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Glyptograptus elegans

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae

Taxonomy
Glyptograptus elegans was named by Packham (1962). Its type specimen is SM A51455 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Glyptograptus elegans Packham p. 519 figs. pl. 72, figs 4, 10-12, text-figs 5a-i

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
RankNameAuthor
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderNeograptinaStorch et al. 2011
superfamilyRetiolitoideaLapworth 1873
familyRetiolitidaeLapworth 1873
subfamilyPetalolithinaeBulman 1955
genusGlyptograptusLapworth 1873
specieselegans

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.

†Glyptograptus elegans Packham 1962
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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
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