Azygograptus Nicholson and Lapworth 1875 (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae

Synonyms: Nicholsonograptus Boucek and Pribyl 1951, Pseudazygograptus

Parent taxon: Didymograpti according to O. M. B. Bulman 1970

See also Sepkoski 2002, Skwarko 1962 and Toro and Herrera Sánchez 2019

Sister taxa: Atopograptus, Janograptus, Maeandrograptus, Oncograptus, Parazygograptus, Skiagraptus

Subtaxa: Azygograptus ellesi Azygograptus lapworthi Azygograptus novozealandicus Nicholsonograptus fasciculatus

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Type: Azygograptus lapworthi

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Volkhov of Lithuania (2 collections)

• Dawan of China (3)

• Arenig of China (15), Morocco (1), Sweden (1)

• Ningkuo of China (7)

• Ordovician of Argentina (4), Bolivia (1), China (3), the Czech Republic (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (10), Norway (1), Spain (1)

• Tremadoc of China (1)

Total: 52 collections including 58 occurrences

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