Retiolitidae

Retiolitidae
Temporal range: Hirnantian–Ludfordian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Pterobranchia
Subclass: Graptolithina
Order: †Graptoloidea
Suborder: †Axonophora
Infraorder: †Neograptina
Superfamily: †Retiolitoidea
Lapworth, 1873
Family: †Retiolitidae
Lapworth, 1873

Retiolitidae is an extinct family of graptolites. One subfamily, the Retiolitinae, is characterized by meshwork-like tubaria.

Genera

List of genera from the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology:

Subfamily Petalolithinae

Ancorate taxa

Non-ancorate taxa

Subfamily Retiolitinae

Uncertain genera

References

  1. 1 2 Maletz, Jörg; Bates, Denis E. B.; Beli, Elena; Brussa, Edsel D.; Cameron, Christopher B.; Cooper, Roger A.; Gonzalez, Paul; Kozłowska, Anna; Lenz, Alfred C.; Loydell, David K; Rigby, Sue; Riva, John F.; Steiner, Michael; Toro, Blanca A.; VandenBerg, Alfons H. M.; Zhang, Yuandong; Zalasiewicz, Jan (2023-01-01). "Part V, Hemichordata, 2nd Revision, Complete Volume: Enteropneusta, Pterobranchia (Graptolithina)". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology: i–548. doi:10.17161/tip.vi.25184. ISSN 2153-621X. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
  2. ↑ Maletz, Jörg (2017). Graptolite Paleobiology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118515617. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2020-09-17.