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Graptolithina

      Graptolithina is the a class in the animal phylum Hemichordata, the members of which are known as Graptolites. Graptolites are fossil colonial animals known chiefly from the Upper Cambrian through the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian). A possible early graptolite, Chaunograptus, is known from the Middle Cambrian. The name graptolite comes from the Greek graptos, meaning "written", and lithos, meaning "rock", as many graptolite fossils resemble hieroglyphs written on the rock. Linnaeus originally regarded them as 'pictures resembling fossils rather than true fossils', though later workers, supposed them to be related to the hydrozoans.[citation needed] More recent work places them near the pterobranchs, possibly within.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graptolite

On-line reference: Benton a Harper: Introduction to the Paleobiology

Zdroj: Benton a Harper: Introduction to the Paleobiology

Didymograptus nitidus stanislavi BB413
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Didymograptus nitidus stanislaviBouček (1973), Pl. V, fig. 3, text. fig. 11 f BB30
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Didymograptus nitidus undosusBouček (1973), text. fig. 11 g BB32
Didymograptus nitidus undosusBouček (1973), Pl. V, fig. 1, text. fig 11i, j BB34
Didymograptus nitidus undosusBouček (1973), Pl. V, fig. 2 BB45
Didymograptus protobifidoidesBouček (1973), Pl. XV, fig. 6, text. fig. 24 f, g BB91
Didymograptus protobifidoides BB268
Didymograptus protobifidoidesBouček (1973), text. fig. 24e BB90
Didymograptus pseudogeminus BB354
Didymograptus pseudogeminus BB261
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