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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

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
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 approximatus PŠ802
Rastrites approximatusSun et al. (2022), Fig. 7I PŠ4322
Rastrites approximatus PŠ843
Rastrites approximatusŠtorch (1998), Pù. 14, fig. 1 PŠ824
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