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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

Ptilograptus glomeratus XA333
Ptilograptus glomeratus XA331
Ptilograptus glomeratusKraft (1975), Pl. VII, fig. 7, text. fig. 5b XA367
Ptilograptus MD301
Ptilograptus FN12
Ptilograptus MD139
Ptilograptus SZ213
Rastrites abbreviatus PŠ296
Rastrites abbreviatusŠtorch a Loydell (1992), fig. 8E, 7C PŠ293
Rastrites abbreviatus PŠ449
Rastrites approximatusŠtorch (1998), Pl. 14, fig. 3; Text-fig. 11, fig 5B, E PŠ829
Rastrites approximatus PŠ843
Rastrites approximatusŠtorch (1998), Pù. 14, fig. 1 PŠ824
Rastrites approximatusŠtorch (1998), Pl. 15, fig. 5; text-fig. 11, fig. 5C PŠ719
Rastrites approximatus PŠ841
Rastrites approximatusSun et al. (2022), Fig. 3C PŠ4320
Rastrites approximatusSun et al. (2022), Fig. 3A PŠ4321
Rastrites approximatusSun et al. (2022), Fig. 7I PŠ4322
Rastrites approximatus PŠ802
Rastrites approximatusŠtorch (1998), Pl. 14, fig. 8a; Text-fig. 11, fig. 5D PŠ712

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