Axonophora is an extinct suborder of graptolites. It primarily consists of the biserial graptolites, and also includes the retiolitids and monograptids.
Taxonomy
Taxonomy of Axonophora from Maletz (2014):
- Infraorder â Diplograptina <small>Lapworth, 1880e</small>
- Family â Diplograptidae <small>Lapworth, 1873b</small>
- Subfamily â Diplograptinae <small>Lapworth, 1873b</small>
- Subfamily â Orthograptinae <small>Mitchell, 1987</small>
- Family â Lasiograptidae <small>Lapworth, 1880e</small>
- Family â Climacograptidae <small>Frech, 1897</small>
- Family â Dicranograptidae <small>Lapworth, 1873b</small>
- Subfamily â Dicranograptinae <small>Lapworth, 1873b</small>
- Subfamily â Nemagraptinae <small>Lapworth, 1873</small>
- Infraorder â Neograptina <small>Ã
 torch et al., 2011</small>
- (Unranked)
- Family â Normalograptidae <small>Ã
 torch & Serpagli, 1993</small>
- Family â Neodiplograptidae <small>Melchin et al., 2011</small>
- Subfamily â Neodiplograptinae <small>Melchin et al. 2011</small>
- Subfamily â Petalolithinae <small>Bulman, 1955</small>
- Superfamily â Retiolitoidea <small>Lapworth, 1873b</small>
- Family â Retiolitidae <small>Lapworth, 1873b</small> (retiolitids)
- Subfamily â Retiolitinae <small>Lapworth, 1873</small>
- Subfamily â Plectograptinae <small>BouÃÂek & Münch, 1952</small>
- Superfamily â Monograptoidea <small>Lapworth, 1873</small>
- Family â Dimorphograptidae <small>Elles & Wood, 1908</small>
- Family â Monograptidae <small>Lapworth, 1873b</small> (monograptids; possibly several subfamilies)
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