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Proclimacograptus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)328027https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=328027
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Diplograptoidea : Diplograptidae : Proclimacograptus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
classGraptolithina
orderDiplograptoideaLapworth 1880
familyDiplograptidae
subfamilyClimacograptinaeFrech 1807
genusProclimacograptusMaletz 1997
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Proclimacograptusgenusbelongs to Climacograptinaestated with evidenceMelchin et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance464 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance445 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilitypassively mobile (based on Graptolithina)
Visionblind (based on Graptolithina)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Graptolithina)
Taphonomysclero-protein (based on Graptolithina)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. Goldman, J. Nõlvak, and J. Maletz. 2015. Middle to Late Ordovician graptolite and chitinozoan biostratigraphy of the Kandava-25 drill core in western Latvia. G F F 137(3):197-211

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Proclimacograptus angustatus
species
listed (PBDB)2464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1997Proclimacograptus Maletz p. 69
2011Proclimacograptus Melchin et al. pp. 282, Appendix 3

References

Goldman D., Nõlvak J., et al (2015) Middle to Late Ordovician graptolite and chitinozoan biostratigraphy of the Kandava-25 drill core in western Latvia, G F F 137 3, 197-211 doi:10.1080/11035897.2015.1021375
Melchin M. J., Mitchell C. E., et al (2011) Phylogeny and adaptive radiation of the Neograptina (Graptoloida) during the Hirnantian Mass Extinction and Silurian recovery, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 58 4, 281-309 doi:10.1144/pygs.58.4.301
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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