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Dichograptus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Dichograptidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Graptolithina

Phylum
  
Hemichordata

Order
  
Graptolithina

Similar
  
Graptolithina, Tetragraptus, Phyllograptus, Didymograptus, Climacograptus

Dichograptus (meaning two-branched writing or double-line marks) is an extinct genus of graptolites from the Ordovician.

Dichograptus probably fed on plankton. Individual animals were very tiny, only growing a few millimeters in length (1/8 of an inch).

References

Dichograptus Wikipedia