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Dicranograptidae

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae

Taxonomy
Dicranograptidae was named by Lapworth (1873). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Storch et al. (2011).

It was replaced with Dicranograptoidea by Storch et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Didymograptina by Bulman (1970); to Diplograptacea by Mitchell et al. (2007); and to Diplograptina by Maletz (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Dicranograptidae Lapworth
1970Dicranograptidae Bulman p. V121
2007Dicranograptidae Mitchell et al. p. 335
2014Dicranograptidae Maletz p. 520

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
RankNameAuthor
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderDiplograptina(Lapworth 1880)
familyDicranograptidaeLapworth 1873
familyDicranograptidaeLapworth 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. †Dicranograptidae Lapworth 1873
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G. †Dicellograptus Hopkinson 1871
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Dicellograptus anceps Nicholson 1867
Dicellograptus caduceus Lapworth and Wood 1876
Dicellograptus complanatus Lapworth 1880
Dicellograptus complexus Davies 1929
Dicellograptus elegans Carruthers 1868
Dicellograptus gravis Keble and Harris 1925
Dicellograptus ornatus Elles and Wood 1904
Invalid names: Leptograptus Lapworth 1873 [synonym]
G. †Dicranograptus Hall 1865
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Dicranograptus clingani Carruthers 1868
Dicranograptus nicholsoni Hopkinson 1870
Invalid names: Cladograpsus Emmons 1855 [replaced], Diceratograptus [synonym]
G. †Levisograptus Maletz 2011
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Levisograptus austrodentatus Harris and Keble 1932
Levisograptus dentatus Brongniart 1828
Levisograptus primus Legg 1976
Levisograptus sinicus Mu and Lee 1958
Levisograptus sinodentatus Mu and Lee 1958
Invalid names: Amansites Brongniart 1849 [synonym]
Subfm. †Nemagraptinae Maletz 2014
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Nemagraptus gracilis Hall 1847
Invalid names: Geitonograptus [synonym]
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Pleurograptus linearis Carruthers 1858
Pleurograptus lui Mu 1950
Invalid names: Cladograpsus Carruthers 1858 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available