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Climacograptus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae

Taxonomy
Climacograptus was named by Hall (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is the type genus of Climacograptacea. It was considered unknown by Storch et al. (2011).

It was reranked as Graptolithus (Climacograptus) by White (1874); it was reranked as Diplograpsus (Climacograptus) by McCoy (1874).

It was assigned to Graptolithus by White (1874); to Diplograpsus by McCoy (1874); to Graptoloidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Climacograptacea by Mitchell et al. (2007); to Diplograptidae by Kiessling (2008); to Climacograptoidea by Storch et al. (2011); and to Climacograptidae by Chen et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Climacograptus Hall
1874Diplograpsus (Climacograptus) McCoy p. 12
1874Graptolithus (Climacograptus) White p. 13
2002Climacograptus Sepkoski
2007Climacograptus Mitchell et al.
2008Climacograptus Kiessling
2011Climacograptus Storch et al.
2016Climacograptus Chen et al. p. 256

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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)
superfamilyClimacograptoideaFrech 1897
familyClimacograptidaeFrech 1807
genusClimacograptusHall 1865

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.

G. †Climacograptus Hall 1865
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Climacograptus scalaris Lapworth 1877
Climacograptus styloideus Lapworth 1873
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available