1906
Climacograptus brevis sp. nov. — Elles & Wood, pp. 192-193, fig. pl. 27, figs 2af, text-figs 125a, b
1912
Climacograptus brevis Elles and Wood — Hadding, pp. 21, fig. pl. 2, figs. 16–18
2017
Normalograptus brevis (Elles and Wood) — Chen, X. et al, pp. 322, fig. B-C, G-H
2020
Pronormalograptus brevis — Maletz et al., pp. 4