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Callograptidae

Extinct family of graptolites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Callograptidae is an extinct family of graptolites.[1]

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Callograptidae
Various members of Callograptidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Pterobranchia
Subclass: Graptolithina
Order: †Dendroidea
Family: †Callograptidae
Hopkinson in Hopkinson & Lapworth, 1875[1]
Genera

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Synonyms[1]
  • Acanthograptidae Bulman, 1938[2][3]
  • Pseudodictyonemidae Chapman, Rickards, & Grayson, 1993
  • Stelechocladiidae Chapman, Rickards, & Grayson, 1993
  • ?Ptilograptidae Hopkinson in Hopkinson & Lapworth, 1875
  • ?Nephelograptidae Bouček, 1957
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Genera

Based on Maletz (2020), the following genera are recognised in the family Callograptidae.[1]

  • †Acanthograptus Spencer, 1878
  • †Alternograptus Bouček, 1956
  • †Callograptus Hall, 1865
  • †Callodendrograptus Decker, 1945
  • †Desmograptus Hopkinson in Hopkinson & LapwortH, 1875
  • †Dictyonema Hall, 1851
  • †Koremagraptus Bulman, 1927b
  • †Palaeodictyota Whitfield, 1902
  • †Ptilograptus Hall, 1865
  • †Ptiograptus Ruedemann, 1908
  • †Reticulograptus Wiman, 1901
  • †Ruedemannograptus Termier & Termier, 1948

Possible callogratpids, previously identified as plants:[1]

  • †Boiophyton Obrhel, 1959
  • †Bowerophylloides Edwards, Morel, Poiré, & Cingolani, 2001
  • †Saxonia Roselt, 1962
Possible members of Callograptidae, previously identified as plants

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