Graptolites were pelagic organisms.

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Graptolites are widely recognized in the paleontological literature as having been pelagic or macroplanktonic organisms drifting in the water column.

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The retrieved papers consistently treat graptolites as pelagic, planktonic, or macroplanktonic marine organisms whose distribution was driven by oceanic water masses and depth zones. No papers refute this long-established paleontological consensus.

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A mixed isograptid-didymograptid graptolite assemblage from the Middle Ordovician of west Gondwana (NW Bolivia): Implications for graptolite paleoecology

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Charles Mitchell, Edsel D. Brussa, Jörg Maletz. A mixed isograptid-didymograptid graptolite assemblage from the Middle Ordovician of west Gondwana (NW Bolivia): Implications for graptolite paleoecology. 2008. https://doi.org/10.1666/06-069.1

This study discusses graptolite paleoecology, specifically noting that certain taxa inhabited the epipalagic or epipelagic realm.

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Graptolite community responses to global climate change and the Late Ordovician mass extinction.

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Sheets HD, Mitchell CE, Melchin MJ, Loxton J, Štorch P, Carlucci KL, Hawkins AD. Graptolite community responses to global climate change and the Late Ordovician mass extinction.. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1602102113

This study analyzes macroplanktonic graptolite faunas and their responses to oceanic water masses and climate change.

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