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Callograptus

Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae

Taxonomy
Callograptus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Callograptus elegans.

It was assigned to Dendrograptidae by Rickards et al. (1990); to Dendroidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthograptidae by Maletz et al. (2020).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Odontocaulis Lapworth p. 175
1990Callograptus Rickards et al. pp. 221 - 222
2002Callograptus Sepkoski
2020Callograptus Maletz et al. p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
RankNameAuthor
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderDendroideaNicholson 1872
familyAcanthograptidaeBulman 1938
genusCallograptus

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.

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Callograptus elegans Hall 1865
Callograptus praesalteri Rickards et al. 1990
Invalid names: Odontocaulis Lapworth 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. B. Rickards et al. 1990Rhabdosome conical, flabellate or irregular, with thecate stem, or, more commonly, thickened nonthecate stem or disclike holdfast; dichotomous more or less regular branching of the stipes which are parallel to subparallel, sporadically connected by anastomosis or dissepiments; authothecae denticulate, sometimes distally isolate.