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Pristiograptus dubius

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Monograptidae

Taxonomy

Graptolithus dubius was named by Suess (1851).

It was recombined as Monograptus dubius by Berry (1960); it was recombined as Pristiograptus dubius by Rickards and Wright (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. acinaces, P. admirabilis, P. argutus, P. bohemicus, P. cangshanensis, P. colonnus, P. concinnus, P. concinuus, P. curtus, P. fecundus, P. fragilis, P. graciosus, P. gregarius, P. hisingeri, P. jaculum, P. jaegeri, P. ladenicensis, P. largus, P. lochkovensis, P. lodenicensis, P. nilssoni, P. nudus, P. parultimus, P. parvus, P. pergratus, P. prandtli, P. pseudodubius, P. regularis, P. samsonowiczi, P. sandersoni, P. scanicus, P. sharenbergi, P. tenuis, P. ultimus, P. variabilis, P. varians, P. vicinus, P. virbalensis, P. xiushanensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Graptolithus dubius Suess p. 115 figs. pl. ix figs. 5 a-b
1960	Monograptus dubius Berry pp. 1160 - 1162 fig. 2A,2E
2003	Pristiograptus dubius Rickards and Wright p. 66

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Hemichordata	Bateson 1885
class	Pterobranchia	Lankester 1877
subclass	Graptolithina	(Bronn 1849)

Rank	Name	Author
order	Graptoloidea	Lapworth 1875
suborder	Axonophora	Frech 1897
infraorder	Neograptina	Storch et al. 2011
superfamily	Monograptoidea	Lapworth 1873
family	Monograptidae	Lapworth 1873
subfamily	Pristiograptinae	Gürich 1908
genus	Pristiograptus
species	dubius	(Suess 1851)

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.

†Pristiograptus dubius Suess 1851

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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: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Pridoli or 440.50000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (53 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Silurian	443.1 - 419.62	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Monograptus dubius (25637)
Silurian	443.1 - 419.62	USA (California)	Monograptus dubius (196127 196130)
Aeronian - Telychian	440.5 - 432.9	Algeria	Monograptus dubius (27204)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	China (Yunnan)	Pristiograptus dubius (27783)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	France	Pristiograptus dubius (59163)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	Morocco	Monograptus dubius (27391 27409)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	Algeria	Monograptus dubius (56773)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	Spain (Seville)	Pristiograptus dubius (676)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	Australia (New South Wales)	Monograptus dubius (24909) Pristiograptus dubius (121148)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	China (Xizang)	Pristiograptus dubius (27840)
Wenlock - Ludlow	432.9 - 422.7	Australia (Victoria)	Pristiograptus dubius (25712)
Wenlock - Ludlow	432.9 - 422.7	Morocco	Monograptus dubius (27395)
Homerian	430.6 - 426.7	Morocco	Monograptus dubius (27442)
Homerian	430.6 - 426.7	Czechia	Monograptus dubius (14028 14029 14050 14077)
Gorstian	426.7 - 425.0	Czechia	Monograptus dubius (14031)
Gorstian	426.7 - 425.0	Western Sahara	Monograptus dubius (27339)
Gorstian	426.7 - 425.0	USA (Maine)	Monograptus dubius (516)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	USA (Alaska)	Monograptus dubius (114942 114948)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	USA (Maine)	Monograptus dubius (24793)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Algeria	Monograptus dubius (56778 56781 56785)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Monograptus dubius (25530)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Australia (Victoria)	Pristiograptus dubius (20754)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Poland	Pristiograptus dubius (145670 145671)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	USA (Illinois)	Monograptus dubius (76450)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Morocco	Monograptus dubius (27053 27443)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Spain	Monograptus dubius (13918)
Ludfordian	425.0 - 422.7	Czechia	Monograptus dubius (14037 14071 14072 14074 14075 14156)
Ludfordian	425.0 - 422.7	Austria	Monograptus dubius (13908 26200)
Pridoli	422.7 - 419.62	Morocco	Monograptus dubius (27451)
Pridoli	422.7 - 419.62	Czechia	Monograptus dubius (14045)
Pridoli	422.7 - 419.62	Poland	Pristiograptus dubius (145672 145674 145675 146000 146004 146005)