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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

Pseudoreticulograptus inusitatus XA356
Pseudoreticulograptus inusitatus XA353
Pseudoreticulograptus inusitatus XA358
Pseudoretiolites perlatus PŠ721
Pseudoretiolites perlatusŠtorch (2001), Pl. I, fig. 1 PŠ1031
Pseudoretiolites perlatusŠtorch (1998), Pl.6, fig. 1; Text-fig. 6, fig. 8 PŠ861
Pseudoretiolites perlatus p383
Pseudoretiolites perlatusŠtorch (1998), Pl. 6, figs. 7, 9 PŠ755
Pseudoretiolites perlatus PŠ729
Pseudoretiolites perlatus p382
Pseudoretiolites perlatusŠtorch, (2001), Pl. II, fig. 1 PŠ1041
Pseudoretiolites perlatusŠtorch (1998), Pl. 6, fig. 8 PŠ780
PseudoretiolitesAD Horný (1956) RH24
Pseudoretiolites RH69
Pseudorthograptus cyperoides BB718
Pseudorthograptus insectiformisŠtorch (1998), Text-fig. 4, fig. 10A PŠ771
Pseudorthograptus insectiformis PŠ916
Pseudorthograptus insectiformisŠtorch, (2001), text. fig. 7, fig. 14 PŠ1039
Pseudorthograptus insectiformisŠtorch (1998), Text-fig. 4, fig. 10B PŠ813
Pseudorthograptus BB719

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