Retiolitoidea

Retiolitoidea
Temporal range: Katian–Ludfordian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Pterobranchia
Subclass: Graptolithina
Order: †Graptoloidea
Infraorder: †Neograptina
Superfamily: †Retiolitoidea
Lapworth, 1873
Families

Retiolitoidea is a superfamily of graptolites that includes the Neodiplograptidae and the Retiolitidae.

Phylogeny

From Melchin et al. (2011).

Neodiplograptidae
Petalolithinae

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. ↑ Melchin, M. J.; Mitchell, C. E.; Naczk-Cameron, A.; Fan, J. X.; Loxton, J. (2011). "Phylogeny and Adaptive Radiation of the Neograptina (Graptoloida) During the Hirnantian Mass Extinction and Silurian Recovery". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 58 (4): 281–309. doi:10.1144/pygs.58.4.301. ISSN 0044-0604. Retrieved 2026-05-29.