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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

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
Expansograptus ferrugineus BB200
Expansograptus ferrugineusBouček (1973), Pl. VI, fig. 9, text. fig. 13 c BB42
Expansograptus ferrugineusBouček (1973), text. fig. 13f BB44
Expansograptus ferrugineus BB201
Expansograptus ferrugineusBouček (1973), text. fig. 13a, b BB41
Expansograptus hudlicensisBouček (1973), text. fig. 14b BB47
Expansograptus hudlicensis BB315
Expansograptus hudlicensisBouček (1973), text. fig 14c, Pl. VI, fig. 3 BB48
Expansograptus hudlicensisBouček (1973), Pl. VI, fig. 4, text. fig. 14d BB49
Expansograptus hudlicensisBouček (1973), text. fig. 14a, Pl. VI, fig. 1, 2 BB46
Expansograptus simulansBouček (1973), text. fig. 12 e BB39
Expansograptus simulansBouček (1973), text. fig. 12c, d BB38
Expansograptus simulansBouček (1973), text. fig. 12b BB37
Expansograptus simulansBouček (1973), text. fig. 12a BB36
Expansograptus simulansBouček (1973), Pl. V, fig. 6 BB35
Expansograptus simulans BB349

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