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Glyptograptus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)33669https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=33669
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : Retiolitidae : Glyptograptus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
classGraptolithina
-Graptoloida
-EugraptoloidaMaletz et al. 2009
-ReclinataMaletz et al. 2009
superorderPanbireclinataMaletz et al. 2009
orderBireclinataMaletz et al. 2009
infraorderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderNeograptinaStorch et al. 2011
superfamilyRetiolitoideaLapworth 1873
familyRetiolitidaeLapworth 1873
subfamilyPetalolithinaeBulman 1955
genusGlyptograptus
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Glyptograptussubgenusbelongs to Diplograptusstated with evidenceElles and Wood, 1907
Glyptograptusgenusbelongs to Glyptograptinaestated with evidenceMitchell, 1987
Glyptograptusgenusbelongs to Graptoloideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Glyptograptusgenusbelongs to Petalolithinaestated with evidenceMelchin et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance439 - 433 Ma
Silurian
Motilitypassively mobile (based on Graptoloida)
Visionblind (based on Graptolithina)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Graptoloida)
Taphonomysclero-protein (based on Graptolithina)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Glyptograptus tamariscus
species
listed (PBDB)26450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
441 Ma
Silurian
Glyptograptus trubinensis
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1907Diplograptus (Glyptograptus) Elles and Wood
1987Glyptograptus Mitchell p. 395
2002Glyptograptus Sepkoski, Jr.
2011Glyptograptus Melchin et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Mitchell C. E. (1987) Evolution and phylogenetic classification of the Diplograptacea, Palaeontology 30 2, 353-405
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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