Monograptidae

Monograptidae is an extinct family of graptolites of the order Graptoloidea. Monograptids have only one row of thecae per stipe, unlike the biserial graptolites which have two opposing rows of thecae per stipe.

Monograptidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MonograptoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Graptoloidea
Life habit
planktonicPBDB, for Graptoloidea
Motility
passively mobilePBDB, for Graptoloidea
Vision
blindPBDB, for Graptolithina

Time the record covers

At least 49 million years on record.

The record covers at least 459.7 Mya to 410.62 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 471.3 Mya to 382.31 Mya.

Ordovician — about 12 of 1466 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 1263 of 1466 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 191 of 1466 occurrencesDevonian473–470 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences470–467 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences467–464 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences464–461 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences461–458 Mya — about 1 occurrence458–455 Mya — about 2 occurrences455–451 Mya — about 2 occurrences451–448 Mya — about 3 occurrences448–445 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences445–442 Mya — about 51 occurrences442–439 Mya — about 214 occurrences439–436 Mya — about 230 occurrences436–433 Mya — about 221 occurrences433–430 Mya — about 79 occurrences430–427 Mya — about 76 occurrences427–424 Mya — about 209 occurrences424–421 Mya — about 149 occurrences421–418 Mya — about 77 occurrences418–414 Mya — about 61 occurrences414–411 Mya — about 49 occurrences411–408 Mya — about 14 occurrences408–405 Mya — about 6 occurrences405–402 Mya — about 6 occurrences402–399 Mya — about 6 occurrences399–396 Mya — about 4 occurrences396–393 Mya — about 4 occurrences393–390 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences390–387 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences387–384 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences384–381 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences459.7 Mya410.62 Mya473 Mya381 Mya

1,466 occurrences of Monograptidae on record, most of them in the Silurian. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,466 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

145 formations

Road River — 62.64°N, 124.97°WRoad River — 68.17°N, 137.00°WRoad River — 66.73°N, 135.77°WRoad River — 66.60°N, 135.55°WRoad River — 65.93°N, 135.90°WRoad River — 65.47°N, 138.22°WRoad River — 64.76°N, 135.17°WRoad River — 65.38°N, 134.18°WRoad River — 65.05°N, 135.15°WRoad River — 65.28°N, 135.70°WRoad River — 65.48°N, 139.15°WRoad River — 64.92°N, 139.58°WRoad River — 66.17°N, 136.08°WRoad River — 66.42°N, 135.52°WRoad River — 67.57°N, 138.17°WRoad River — 68.40°N, 138.12°WRoad River — 64.92°N, 140.99°WRoad River — 65.40°N, 137.38°WOued Ali — 29.00°N, 3.00°WOued Ali — 29.55°N, 2.13°WOued Ali — 29.65°N, 2.28°WOued Ali — 29.75°N, 2.28°WOued Ali — 30.02°N, 2.08°WRusne — 55.40°N, 22.91°ERusne — 55.29°N, 20.98°ERusne — 55.57°N, 21.45°ERusne — 55.19°N, 21.80°EPozary — 49.93°N, 14.18°EPozary — 50.00°N, 14.35°EPozary — 49.95°N, 12.93°EPozary — 50.03°N, 14.42°EPozary — 50.08°N, 14.47°EPozary — 49.15°N, 13.57°EWindmill Limestone — 39.93°N, 116.48°WWindmill Limestone — 40.04°N, 116.46°WDescon — 55.63°N, 133.57°WDescon — 55.52°N, 133.30°WDescon — 55.50°N, 133.62°WKopanina — 50.08°N, 14.47°EKopanina — 50.00°N, 14.35°EKopanina — 50.20°N, 12.48°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 12.93°ERoad River — 65.02°N, 141.21°WRoad River — 65.35°N, 141.05°WRoad River — 65.27°N, 141.63°WRoad River — 64.95°N, 141.04°WLower Jenhochiao — 25.00°N, 99.00°EMotol — 50.08°N, 14.47°EMotol — 49.95°N, 12.93°EMotol — 50.00°N, 17.78°EMotol — 50.07°N, 14.33°EMotol — 50.05°N, 14.37°EHenryhouse — 35.08°N, 98.24°WHenryhouse — 34.34°N, 97.14°WHenryhouse — 34.44°N, 97.19°WHenryhouse — 34.41°N, 97.14°WBulong — 46.78°N, 85.72°EJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.62°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.60°WJupiter — 49.50°N, 63.00°WJupiter — 49.22°N, 63.05°WPhi Kappa — 43.84°N, 114.27°WPhi Kappa — 43.85°N, 114.18°WLower Shiqipo — 28.15°N, 85.97°ELochkov — 49.50°N, 14.33°ELochkov — 49.93°N, 14.18°ELochkov — 50.00°N, 14.35°EPerham — 46.68°N, 68.02°WNanjiang — 33.00°N, 107.00°ERoberts Mountain — 40.04°N, 116.46°WJenhochiao — 24.77°N, 99.15°EDerwenlas — 52.39°N, 3.84°WSiesartis — 55.40°N, 22.91°ESiesartis — 55.24°N, 23.51°EPagegiai — 55.29°N, 20.98°EPagegiai — 55.57°N, 21.45°ESkelgill — 54.32°N, 2.75°WSkelgill — 54.38°N, 3.05°W

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The named rock units Monograptidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 121 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 576 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Monograptidae and its relatives

Silurian

Where Monograptidae and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

1,301 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 475 sites for Monograptidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

158 references

Each of the 1,466 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 146 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Monograptidae

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Monograptidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Lapworth 1873