Axonophora

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

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

Taxonomy[]

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

Infraorder † Lapworth, 1880e
- Family †Diplograptidae Lapworth, 1873b
  - Subfamily † Lapworth, 1873b
  - Subfamily † Mitchell, 1987
- Family †Lasiograptidae Lapworth, 1880e
- Family †Climacograptidae Frech, 1897
- Family †Dicranograptidae Lapworth, 1873b
  - Subfamily † Lapworth, 1873b
  - Subfamily † Lapworth, 1873
Infraorder † Štorch et al., 2011
- (Unranked)
  - Family †Normalograptidae Štorch & Serpagli, 1993
  - Family †Neodiplograptidae Melchin et al., 2011
    - Subfamily † Melchin et al. 2011
    - Subfamily † Bulman, 1955
- Superfamily † Lapworth, 1873b
  - Family †Retiolitidae Lapworth, 1873b (retiolitids)
    - Subfamily † Lapworth, 1873
    - Subfamily † Bouček & Münch, 1952
- Superfamily † Lapworth, 1873
  - Family †Dimorphograptidae Elles & Wood, 1908
  - Family †Monograptidae Lapworth, 1873b (monograptids; possibly several subfamilies)

References[]

^ Maletz, Jörg (2017). Graptolite Paleobiology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118515617.
^ 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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[Maletzgp-1] Maletz, Jörg (2017). Graptolite Paleobiology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118515617.

[Maletzclass-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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