Phyllograptus

Phyllograptus is a graptolite genus of the order Graptoloidea, in the family Phyllograptidae.

Phyllograptus Temporal range: Early Ordovician
Phyllograptus species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Hemichordata
Class:	Graptolithina
Order:	Graptoloidea
Family:	Phyllograptidae
Genus:	Phyllograptus

Fossils of this genus have been found in the Early Ordovician (475-473 million years ago), in the sediments of Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, China, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and United States.^[1]

The normal length of a colony of these leaf-shaped animals could reach a length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in). They were passively mobile planktonic suspension feeders.^[1][2]

Phyllograptus species are excellent index fossils or guide fossils for identifying Ordovician rocks.^[3]

Species

• Phyllograptus angustifolius
• Phyllograptus anna
• Phyllograptus densus
• Phyllograptus glossograptoides
• Phyllograptus rotundatus

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