Dichograptus
Genus of marine worm-like animals
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Dichograptus (meaning two-branched writing or double-line marks) is an extinct genus of graptolites from the Ordovician.[2]
| Dichograptus Temporal range: Ordovician ~ | |
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| Dichograptus octobrachiatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Hemichordata |
| Class: | Pterobranchia |
| Subclass: | Graptolithina |
| Order: | †Graptoloidea |
| Family: | †Dichograptidae |
| Genus: | †Dichograptus Salter, 1863 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Dichograptus sedgwicki Salter, 1863 | |
Dichograptus probably fed on plankton. Individual animals were very tiny, only growing a few millimeters in length (1/8 of an inch).
Distribution
Fossils of Dichograptus have been found in Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia (near Caño Cristales, Meta), New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom.[3]
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