Axonophora

Axonophora is an extinct suborder of graptolites. It primarily consists of the biserial graptolites, and also includes the retiolitids and monograptids.[1]

Axonophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Graptolithina
Order:
Graptoloidea
Suborder:
Axonophora

Taxonomy

Taxonomy of Axonophora from Maletz (2014):[2]

  • Infraorder †Diplograptina Lapworth, 1880e
    • Family †Diplograptidae Lapworth, 1873b
      • Subfamily †Diplograptinae Lapworth, 1873b
      • Subfamily †Orthograptinae Mitchell, 1987
    • Family †Lasiograptidae Lapworth, 1880e
    • Family †Climacograptidae Frech, 1897
    • Family †Dicranograptidae Lapworth, 1873b
      • Subfamily †Dicranograptinae Lapworth, 1873b
      • Subfamily †Nemagraptinae Lapworth, 1873
  • Infraorder †Neograptina Štorch et al., 2011
    • (Unranked)
      • Family †Normalograptidae Štorch & Serpagli, 1993
      • Family †Neodiplograptidae Melchin et al., 2011
        • Subfamily †Neodiplograptinae Melchin et al. 2011
        • Subfamily †Petalolithinae Bulman, 1955
    • Superfamily †Retiolitoidea Lapworth, 1873b
      • Family †Retiolitidae Lapworth, 1873b (retiolitids)
        • Subfamily †Retiolitinae Lapworth, 1873
        • Subfamily †Plectograptinae Bouček & Münch, 1952
    • Superfamily †Monograptoidea Lapworth, 1873

References
  1. 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.


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