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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

Spirograptus turriculatus turriculatus p4539
Spirograptus turriculatus turriculatus PŠ364
Spirograptus turriculatus turriculatus PŠ369
Spirograptus turriculatus turriculatus PŠ363
Spirograptus turriculatus turriculatus PŠ368
Spirograptus turriculatus turriculatus p3820
Spirograptus turriculatus turriculatus PŠ366
Spirograptus turriculatus turriculatus PŠ370
Stelechocladia Poèta, 1894 PB698
Stimulograptus halliPøibyl a Štorch (1983), Pl. 1, fig. 1, 5 PŠ107
Stimulograptus halliPøibyl a Štorch (1983), Pl. 1, fig. 6 (108/3); text. fig. 2B (108/3) PŠ108
Stimulograptus halliPøibyl a Štorch (1983), Pl. 1, fig. 3, text. fig. 2A PŠ106
Stimulograptus halli BB778
Stimulograptus halliŠtorch (2023), Fig. 12O PŠ4353
Stimulograptus sedgwickiŠtorch (2001), Pl. II, fig. 12; text. fig. 8; fig. 1 PŠ1042
Stimulograptus sedgwickiiPøibyl a Štorch (1983), Pl. 2, fig. 2 PŠ138
Stimulograptus sedgwickiiPøibyl a Štorch (1983), Pl. 1, fig. 2 (128/1), fig. 4 (128/2) PŠ128
Stimulograptus sedgwickiiPøibyl a Štorch (1983), Pl. 2, fig. 3 (137/2) PŠ137
Stimulograptus sedgwickiiŠtorch (2023), Fig. 10P PŠ4363
Stimulograptus sedgwickiiŠtorch &Frýda (2012) fig. 5g PŠ1011

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