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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

Eotetragraptus BB360
Euromonoclimacis radotinensis BB694
Euromonoclimacis radotinensis BB680
Euromonoclimacis radotinensis BB681
Euromonoclimacis radotinensis BBB675
Euromonoclimacis radotinensis BBB676
Euromonoclimacis radotinensis BB695
Euromonoclimacis radotinensis BB672
Euromonoclimacis radotinensis BB674
Euromonoclimacis radotinensis BB683
Euromonoclimacis radotinensis BB673
Euromonoclimacis radotinensis BB671
Expansograptus cucullusBouček (1973), Pl. II, fig. 3, text. fig 22a BB79
Expansograptus densusBouček (1973), Pl. XIX, fig. 8, text. fig. 12 f, g BB40
Expansograptus extensusBouček (1973), text. fig. 10 b BB23
Expansograptus extensusBouček (1973), text. fig. 10 d BB24
Expansograptus extensusBouček (1973), text. fig. 10 f BB25
Expansograptus extensusBouček (1973), text. fig. 10a BB33
Expansograptus extensusBouček (1973), text. fig. 10 h BB26
Expansograptus ferrugineusBouček (1973), text. fig. 13d BB43

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