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Retiolitidae

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae

Taxonomy

Retiolitidae was named by Lapworth (1873). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Melchin et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Diplograptina by Bulman (1970); to Graptolithina by Kozłowska-Dawidziuk (2001); to Graptoloidea by Kozłowska−Dawidziuk (2002); and to Retiolitoidea by Melchin et al. (2011) and Maletz (2014).

Subtaxa

Mirorgraptus, Petalolithinae, Plectograptinae, Retiolitinae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Retiolitidae Lapworth
1970	Retiolitidae Bulman p. V128
2001	Retiolitidae Kozłowska-Dawidziuk
2002	Retiolitidae Kozłowska−Dawidziuk
2011	Retiolitidae Melchin et al.
2014	Retiolitidae Maletz p. 518

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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	Axonophora	Frech 1897
infraorder	Neograptina	Storch et al. 2011
superfamily	Retiolitoidea	Lapworth 1873
family	Retiolitidae	Lapworth 1873
family	Retiolitidae	Lapworth 1873

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.

Fm. †Retiolitidae Lapworth 1873

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G. †Mirorgraptus Lenz and Kozłowska 2007

Subfm. †Petalolithinae Bulman 1955

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G. †Glyptograptus

Subg. †Glyptograptus (Pseudoglytograptus)

†Glyptograptus tamariscus Nicholson 1868

†Glyptograptus trubinensis Рerner 1895

G. †Paramplexograptus Melchin et al. 2011

†Paramplexograptus paucispinus Li 1982

G. †Petalolithus

Invalid names: Petalograptus [synonym]

Subfm. †Plectograptinae Boucek and Münch 1952

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G. †Baculograptus Lenz and Kozlowska-Dawidziuk 2002

G. †Cometograptus Kozłowska-Dawidziuk 2001

G. †Giganteograptus Lenz and Kozłowska 2007

G. †Gothograptus

G. †Holoretiolites

G. †Neogothograptus

G. †Paraplectograptus

G. †Plectograptus

Subg. †Plectograptus (Sokolovograptus)

Invalid names: Agastograptus Obut and Zaslavskaya 1983 [synonym]

G. †Sagenograptus

G. †Spinograptus

Subfm. †Retiolitinae Lapworth 1873

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G. †Pileograptus Lenz and Kozłowska 2007

G. †Pseudoplegmatograptus

G. †Pseudoretiolites

G. †Retiolites

†Retiolites geinitzianus Barrande 1850

G. †Sinostomatograptus

G. †Stomatograptus Tüllberg 1883

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
M. J. Melchin et al. 2011	The most recent common ancestor of Metabolograptus ojsuensis and Retiolites geinitzianus and all of its descendants (Node 3, Figs 2, 3).