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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

Monograptus pseudocultellus PŠ602
Monograptus pseudocultellus PŠ480
Monograptus pseudocultellus PŠ478
Monograptus pseudodubius p395
Monograptus pulcherrimusŠtorch & Frýda (2012) fig. 5c PŠ1013
Monograptus pulcherrimusŠtorch (2001), Pl. IV, fig. 6, fig. 3, tex. fig. 10, fig. 11 MŠ11635
Monograptus radotinensis PŠ600
Monograptus rectiformisPøibyl (1981), Pl. II, fig. 1. (AP A 25) YA1178
Monograptus rectiformisPøibyl (1981), Pl. II, fig. 2. (AP A 22+AP A 22a) YA1180
Monograptus rectiformisPøibyl (1981), Pl. I, fig. 2. (AP A 26) YA1179
Monograptus rectiformisPøibyl (1981), Pl. I, fig. 3. (AP A 24) YA1181
Monograptus remotus minor PŠ485
Monograptus respectabilis Štorch, 1998Štorch (1998), Pl. 19, fig. 1; Text-fig. 7, fig 1B PŠ774
Monograptus respectabilis Štorch, 1998Štorch (1998), Pl. 11, fig. 2; Text-fig. 7, fig. 1C PŠ859
Monograptus respectabilis Štorch, 1998 PŠ768
Monograptus respectabilis Štorch, 1998Štorch (1998), Pl. 9, fig. 3; non! text-fig. PŠ7680
Monograptus retusus p3455
Monograptus scanicus p5228
Monograptus scanicus JK8309
Monograptus scanicus JK8310

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