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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

Petalolithus clandestinus MŠ11610
Petalolithus conicus p1450
Petalolithus folium PŠ727
Petalolithus foliumŠtorch (1998), Pl. 4, fig. 4; Text-fig. 5, fig. 2D PŠ730
Petalolithus foliumŠtorch (1998), Text-fig. 5, fig. 2B PŠ791
Petalolithus foliumŠtorch (1998), Pl. 4, fig. 6 (kus 1); Text-fig. 4, fig. 9 (kus 2) PŠ804
Petalolithus foliumŠtorch (1998), Pl. 4, fig. 1; Text-fig. 5, fig. 2C PŠ821
Petalolithus folium PŠ733
Petalolithus foliumŠtorch (1998), Pl. 4, fig. 10; Text-fig. 5, fig. 2A BB6970
Petalolithus folium PŠ795
Petalolithus foliumŠtorch (1998), Pl. 4, fig. 8 PŠ773
Petalolithus foliumŠtorch (2023), Fig. 10F PŠ4372
Petalolithus krizi Štorch, 1998Štorch (1998), Pl. 5, fig. 6; Text-fig. 5, figs. 4B PŠ781
Petalolithus krizi Štorch, 1998Štorch (1998), Pl. 5, fig. 10.; Text-fig. 5, fig. 4A PŠ796
Petalolithus ovatus p3845
Petalolithus praecursorŠtorch (1998), Pl. 4, fig. 5; text-fig. 5, fig. 1B (kus 2 je originál) PŠ711
Petalolithus praecursorŠtorch (1998), Text-fig. 5, fig. 1E PŠ915
Petalolithus praecursor PŠ853
Petalolithus praecursor PŠ826
Petalolithus praecursorŠtorch (1998), Pl. 4, fig. 2; Text-fig. 5, fig. 1D (kus 1); Pl.4, fig. 7, text-fig. 5, fig 1C (kus2) PŠ801

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