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Plectograptus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae

Taxonomy
Plectograptus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plectograptinae by Lenz and Melchin (1987); and to Graptoloidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Agastograptus Obut and Zaslavskaya
1987Plectograptus Lenz and Melchin pp. 166-168
2002Agastograptus Sepkoski
2002Plectograptus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
RankNameAuthor
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderNeograptinaStorch et al. 2011
superfamilyRetiolitoideaLapworth 1873
familyRetiolitidaeLapworth 1873
subfamilyPlectograptinaeBoucek and Münch 1952
genusPlectograptus

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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Invalid names: Agastograptus Obut and Zaslavskaya 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available