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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

Corymbograptus BB372
Corymbograptus BB355
Corymbograptus CW1295
Corymbograptus CW1296
Corymbograptus KOS707
Corymbograptus uniformis BB401
Corymbograptus uniformisBouček (1973), Pl. VII, fig. 5, text. fig. 15a BB50
Corymbograptus uniformis BB402
Corymbograptus uniformisBouček (1973), Pl. VII, fig. 6, text. fig. 15b, c BB51
Corymbograptus uniformis BB378
Corymbograptus uniformis BB406
Corymbograptus uniformis BB304
Corymbograptus v-similis XA774
Corymbograptus v-similis BB323
Corymbograptus v-similisBouček (1973), Pl. VII, fig. 1, 2, text. fig. 15 BB53
Corymbograptus v-similis XA773
Corymbograptus v-similisBouček (1973), Pl. VII, fig. 3 BB54
Corymbograptus v-similisBouček (1973), Pl. VII, fig. 4, text. fig. 15d BB52
Corymbograptus v-similis XA357
CryptograptusBouček (1973), Pl. XXII, fig. 8 BB163

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