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Nicholsonograptus fasciculatus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae

Taxonomy
Didymograptus fasciculatus was named by Nicholson (1869). It is the type species of Nicholsonograptus.

It was recombined as Azygograptus fasciculatus by Ekstrom (1937) and Skwarko (1962); it was recombined as Nicholsonograptus fasciculatus by Boucek and Pribyl (1951) and Maletz (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Didymograptus fasciculatus Nicholson p. 241 figs. pl. 11, fig, 21-22
1937Azygograptus fasciculatus Ekstrom p. 32
1951Nicholsonograptus fasciculatus Boucek and Pribyl
1962Azygograptus fasciculatus Skwarko p. 223
1997Nicholsonograptus fasciculatus Maletz pp. 35 - 36 figs. 14A-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
RankNameAuthor
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderDichograptinaLapworth 1873
familyDichograptidaeLapworth 1873
subfamilyDidymograpti
genusNicholsonograptusNicholson and Lapworth 1875
speciesfasciculatus(Nicholson 1869)

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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Diagnosis
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