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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

Acanthograptus KP1181
Acanthograptus XA359
Acanthograptus VK174
Acanthograptus BB370
Acanthograptus XA347
Acanthograptus KP1222
Acanthograptus KP1171
Acanthograptus KP1142
Acrograptus crassusBouček (1973), Pl. XI, fig. 1 BB65
Acrograptus crassusBouček (1973), text. fig. 19a BB66
Acrograptus crassusBouček (1973), Pl. XI, fig. 2, text. fig 19b BB67
Acrograptus crassusBouček (1973), Pl. XI, fig. 3, text. fig 19c BB68
Acrograptus crassusBouček (1973), text. fig. 19e, f BB69
Acrograptus lipoldiBouček (1973), Pl. XI, fig. 7, text. fig. 20d BB71
Acrograptus lipoldiBouček (1973), text. fig. 20g BB73
Acrograptus lipoldiBouček (1973), text. fig. 20a, b BB70
Acrograptus lipoldiBouček (1973), text. fig. 20h BB74
Acrograptus lipoldiBouček (1973), Pl. XI, fig. 5, text. fig. 20e, f BB72
Acrograptus nicholsoniBouček (1973), text. fig. 21f BB78
Acrograptus nicholsoniBouček (1973), text. fig. 21d BB77

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