Tetragraptus

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Tetragraptus
Temporal range: Ordovician
~478–455  Ma
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Tetragraptus fruticosus
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Tetragraptus approximatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Pterobranchia
Order: Graptoloidea
Family: Dichograptidae
Genus: Tetragraptus
Salter, 1863
Species

Tetragraptus is an extinct genus of graptolites from the Ordovician period.

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Species [1]

Distribution

Fossils of Tetragraptus have been found in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Canada (Quebec, Yukon, Newfoundland and Labrador and Northwest Territories), Chile, China, Colombia (near Caño Cristales, Meta), the Czech Republic, France, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Utah). [1]

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