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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

Coronograptus gregariusŠtorch (1988), text. fig. 21 PŠ245
Coronograptus gregariusŠtorch (1988), Pl. IV, fig. 2, 3, text. fig. 2J PŠ248
Coronograptus gregarius PŠ276
Coronograptus gregarius PŠ209
Coronograptus gregariusŠtorch (1988), Pl. IV, fig. 1 PŠ246
Coronograptus gregariusŠtorch (1998), Pl. 7, fig. 6; Text-fig. 7, fig. 7C PŠ788
Coronograptus gregarius PŠ208
Coronograptus gregarius gregarius PŠ746
Coronograptus gregarius gregariusŠtorch (1998), Pl. 7, fig. 5; Text-fig. 7, figs. 7B PŠ809
Coronograptus gregarius maxiculus PŠ257
Coronograptus gregarius maxiculus PŠ253
Coronograptus maxiculusŠtorch (1998), Text-fig. 7, fig 6B PŠ754
Coronograptus maxiculusŠtorch (1998), Pl. 7, fig. 2; text-fig. 7, fig. 6A PŠ764
Corymbograptus imminutusBouèek (1973), Pl. IX, fig. 5, text. fig. 16h, i BB59
Corymbograptus imminutus BB358
Corymbograptus imminutusBouèek (1973), text. fig. 16j BB60
Corymbograptus retroflexus XA763
Corymbograptus retroflexus BB329
Corymbograptus retroflexus PP1419
Corymbograptus retroflexus PP1411

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