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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

Polonograptus podoliensis australisŠtorch (1995) fig. 6K PŠ610
Polonograptus podoliensis australisŠtorch (1995) Fig. 6H; Pl. 3, fig. 4 (PŠ 625/1) PŠ625
Polonograptus podoliensis australisŠtorch (1995) Pl. 2, fig. 6 PŠ661
Polonograptus podoliensis podoliensis YA2831
Polonograptus podoliensis podoliensisŠtorch (1995), Fig. 6C; Pl. 3, fig. 1 PŠ617
Polonograptus podoliensis podoliensis PŠ666
Polonograptus podoliensis podoliensis PŠ674
Polonograptus podoliensis podoliensisŠtorch (1995), Fig. 6E PŠ609
Polonograptus podoliensis podoliensisŠtorch (1995), Fig. 6G; Pl. 2, fig. 3 (kus 620/1); Štorch (1995), Fig. 6D, Pl. 3, fig. 3 PŠ620
Polonograptus podoliensis podoliensisŠtorch (1995), Fig. 6B; Pl. 3, fig. 6 PŠ671
Polonograptus podoliensis podoliensis PŠ619
Pribylograptus argutus PŠ131
Pribylograptus argutusŠtorch (1988), Pl. V, fig. 3, text. fig. 5c, b BB633
Pribylograptus argutusŠtorch (1988), Pl. V, fig. 1 PŠ247
Pribylograptus argutusŠtorch (1988), Pl. V, fig. IV PŠ263
Pribylograptus argutus PŠ133
Pribylograptus argutus BB617
Pribylograptus argutusŠtorch (1988), Pl. V. fig. 2, text. fig. 3A PŠ211
Pribylograptus argutusŠtorch (1988), text. fig. 5D BB640
Pribylograptus argutusŠtorch (1988), Pl. V. fig. 2, text. fig. 3A PŠ212

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