Phylogeny and adaptive radiation of the Neograptina (Graptoloida) during the Hirnantian Mass Extinction and Silurian recovery

M. J. Melchin, C. E. Mitchell, A. Naczk-Cameron, J. X. Fan, and J. Loxton

2011

Article

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 58:281-309

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/pygs.58.4.301

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Diplograptus hughesi
• Glyptograptus tamariscus
• Lithuanograptus
• Monograptoidea
• Neograptina
• Petalolithinae
• Retiolitoidea
• Rhaphidograptus toernquisti

Taxonomy:

• Diplograptus hughesi belongs to Diplograptus - Nicholson (1869)
• Rhaphidograptus toernquisti belongs to Rhaphidograptus - Bulman (1936)
• Monograptoidea belongs to Neograptina - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Proclimacograptus belongs to Climacograptinae - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Retiolitinae belongs to Retiolitidae - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Retiolitidae belongs to Retiolitoidea - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Petalolithinae belongs to Retiolitidae - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Glyptograptus belongs to Petalolithinae - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Glyptograptus tamariscus belongs to Glyptograptus - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Monograptus belongs to Monograptidae - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Monograptidae belongs to Monograptoidea - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Neograptina belongs to Axonophora - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Metabolograptus belongs to Retiolitoidea - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Retiolitoidea belongs to Neograptina - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Lithuanograptus belongs to Metaclimacograptus - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Metaclimacograptus belongs to Normalograptidae - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Rhaphidograptus belongs to Normalograptidae - Melchin et al. (2011)
• Normalograptidae belongs to Neograptina - Melchin et al. (2011)