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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

Oktavites spiralis (Geinitz) BB726
Oktavites spiralis (Geinitz) BB728
Oktavites spiralis (Geinitz) BB730
Oktavites spiralis (Geinitz)foto BB737
Orthograptus bellulusŠtorch (1985), Pl. II, fig. 6 PŠ183
Orthograptus bellulusŠtorch (1985), Pl. 2, fig. 4 PŠ37
Orthograptus bellulus BB572
Orthograptus bellulus BB580
Orthograptus cyperoidesŠtorch (1985), Pl. 1, fig. 5 PŠ145
Orthograptus cyperoides PŠ164
Orthograptus inopinatusAD, Štorch (1985) PŠ144
Orthograptus inopinatusŠtorch (1985), Pl. II, fig. 3, text. fig. 2A, 2B PŠ198
Orthograptus inopinatusŠtorch (1985), Pl. I, fig. 8, text. fig. 2D PŠ197
Orthograptus inopinatusAD, Štorch (1985) PŠ200
Orthograptus inopinatusŠtorch (1985), Pl. I, fig. 7, text. fig. 2E (199/1); Pl. I, fig. 6, text. fig. 2C (199/2) PŠ199
Orthograptus insectiformis PŠ143
Orthograptus insectiformis PŠ151
Orthograptus monstrosusAD, Štorch (1985) PŠ174
Orthograptus monstrosusŠtorch (1985), Pl. III , fig. 3, text. fig. 21 PŠ61
Orthograptus monstrosusŠtorch (1985), Pl. II. fig. 2, text. fig. 2M PŠ167

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