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Anisograptidae

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Anisograptidae
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Anisograptidae

Bulman, 1950
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Anisograptidae is an extinct family of graptolites. As the first planktic graptolites, they play a crucial role for understanding the transition of graptolites from ocean floor suspension feeders to ocean surface plankton during the early Ordovician.[1]

Anisograptids can be quadriradiate (Rhabdinopora, Staurograptus), triradiate (Anisograptus, Triograptus), or biradiate (Adelograptus, Kiaerograptus).[1]

Genera

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List of genera from Maletz (2014):[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Maletz, Jörg (2017). Graptolite Paleobiology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118515617.
  2. ^ Maletz, Jörg (2014). "The classification of the Pterobranchia (Cephalodiscida and Graptolithina)". Bulletin of Geosciences. 89 (3): 477–540. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1465. ISSN 1214-1119.