Phyllograptus


Phyllograptus is a graptolite genus of the order Graptoloidea, in the family Phyllograptidae.
Fossils of this genus have been found in the Early Ordovician, in the sediments of Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, China, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and United States.
The normal length of a colony of these leaf-shaped animals could reach a length of. They were passively mobile planktonic suspension feeders.
Phyllograptus species are excellent index fossils or guide fossils for identifying Ordovician rocks.

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