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Geniculograptus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)33667https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=33667
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Diplograptoidea : Diplograptidae : Geniculograptus
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
subfamilyPeiragraptinaeJaanusson 1960
genusGeniculograptusMitchell 1987
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Geniculograptusgenusbelongs to Peiragraptinaestated with evidenceMitchell, 1987
Geniculograptusgenusbelongs to Graptoloideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance452 - 445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Motilitypassively mobile (based on Graptolithina)
Visionblind (based on Graptolithina)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Graptolithina)
Taphonomysclero-protein (based on Graptolithina)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. E. Mitchell. 1987. Evolution and phylogenetic classification of the Diplograptacea. Palaeontology 30(2):353-405

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Geniculograptus pygmaeus
species
listed (PBDB)4461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1987Geniculograptus Mitchell pp. 381 - 382
2002Geniculograptus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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