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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

ThallograptusAD, Kraft (1982) JK5118
ThallograptusAD, Kraft (1982) JK5044
ThallograptusAD, Kraft (1982) JK5047
ThallograptusKraft (1982), Pl. 8, fig. 3 JK5078
Thamnograptus XA824
Thamnograptus XA823
Thamnograptus XA822
Torquigraptus arcuatus BB741
Torquigraptus contortus BB761
Torquigraptus decipiens PŠ757
Torquigraptus decipiensŠtorch (1998), Pl. 16, fig. 3; Text-fig. 8, fig. 8 PŠ716
Torquigraptus decipiensŠtorch (1998), Text-fig. 9, fig. 2 PŠ922
Torquigraptus denticulatusŠtorch (1998), Pl. 10, fig. 8; Text-fig. 8, fig. 6B PŠ855
Torquigraptus denticulatusŠtorch (1998), Pl. 19, fig. 5; Text-fig. 8, fig. 6A PŠ917
Torquigraptus denticulatusŠtorch (1998), Text-fig. 8, fig 6C (kus oznaèený jako 2) PŠ858
Torquigraptus involutus BB725
Torquigraptus magnificusŠtorch (2001), text. fig. 7, fig. 10 MŠ11642
Torquigraptus magnificusŠtorch (2001), Pl. IV, fig. 5, text. fig. 10, fig. 9 MŠ11630
Torquigraptus magnificusŠtorch (2001), text. fig. 10, fig. 8 PŠ1043
Torquigraptus magnificusŠtorch &Frýda (2012) fig. 5g PŠ1011

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