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Levisograptus dentatus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae

Taxonomy
Fucoides dentatus was named by Brongniart (1828) [Bulman (1963, p. 672) selected GSC 943 (Hall 1865, pl. 13, figs 16ā€“17) as the neotype of Fucoides dentatus Brongniart, 1828.]. Its type specimen is GSC 943 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Levisograptus, Amansites.

It was recombined as Amansites dentatus by Brongniart (1849); it was recombined as Diplograptus (Glyptograptus) dentatus by Ruedemann (1947); it was recombined as Glyptograptus dentatus by Mu and Lee (1958); it was recombined as Undulograptus dentatus by Maletz (1997); it was recombined as Levisograptus dentatus by Maletz (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Fucoides dentatus Brongniart p. 70 figs. pl. 6, figs 9ā€“12
1849Amansites dentatus Brongniart
1947Diplograptus (Glyptograptus) dentatus Ruedemann p. 404 figs. pl. 68, fig. 30; pl. 69, figs 1ā€“8.
1958Glyptograptus dentatus Mu and Lee p. 402 figs. pl. 4, fig. 1, text-fig. 8
1997Undulograptus dentatus Maletz fig. 7e
2011Levisograptus dentatus Maletz pp. 857 - 858 figs. 1C, 2I, 3, 4F, 5, 6Cā€“E

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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
genusLevisograptus
speciesdentatus(Brongniart 1828)

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.

Levisograptus dentatus Brongniart 1828
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Maletz 2011Levisograptus species with distally widening rhabdosome and outwards inclined infragenicular walls.