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Axonophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Hemichordata
Class:	Pterobranchia
Subclass:	Graptolithina
Order:	†Graptoloidea
Suborder:	†Axonophora Frech, 1897

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 †Diplograptina Lapworth, 1880e
  • Family †Diplograptidae Lapworth, 1873b
    • Subfamily †Diplograptinae Lapworth, 1873b
    • Subfamily †Orthograptinae Mitchell, 1987
  • Family †Lasiograptidae Lapworth, 1880e
  • Family †Climacograptidae Frech, 1897
  • Family †Dicranograptidae Lapworth, 1873b
    • Subfamily †Dicranograptinae Lapworth, 1873b
    • Subfamily †Nemagraptinae Lapworth, 1873
• Infraorder †Neograptina Štorch et al., 2011
  • (Unranked)
    • Family †Normalograptidae Štorch & Serpagli, 1993
    • Family †Neodiplograptidae Melchin et al., 2011
      • Subfamily †Neodiplograptinae Melchin et al. 2011
      • Subfamily †Petalolithinae Bulman, 1955
  • Superfamily †Retiolitoidea Lapworth, 1873b
    • Family †Retiolitidae Lapworth, 1873b (retiolitids)
      • Subfamily †Retiolitinae Lapworth, 1873
      • Subfamily †Plectograptinae Bouček & Münch, 1952
  • Superfamily †Monograptoidea Lapworth, 1873
    • Family †Dimorphograptidae Elles & Wood, 1908
    • Family †Monograptidae Lapworth, 1873b (monograptids; possibly several subfamilies)