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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

Desmograptus callograptoides XA338
Desmograptus callograptoides BB301
Dicellograptus laticeps MD367
Dicellograptus laticepsŠtorch (1989), Pl. I, fig. 6, text. fig. 1F PŠ311
Dicellograptus laticeps PB1105
Dicellograptus laticeps PŠ312
Dicellograptus laticeps MD357
Dicellograptus laticepsŠtorch (1989), Pl. I, fig. 1, text. fig. 1G PŠ314
Dicellograptus laticeps PŠ313
Dicellograptus laticeps MD387
Dicellograptus laticeps MD385
Dicellograptus morrisi BB653
Dicranograptus clinganiHavlíèek a Vanìk (1966), Pl. XIII, fig. 1 YA85
Dicranograptus clinganiHavlíèek a Vanìk (1966), Pl. XIII, fig. 2 YA85
Dictonema delicatulum p1423
Dictyonema balticumKraft (1982), Pl. 3, fig. 5, 6 MŠ7181
Dictyonema balticumKraft (1982), Pl. 2, fig. 4 MŠ7187
Dictyonema balticum MŠ7179
Dictyonema delicatulum p779
Dictyonema delicatulumKraft (1982), Pl. 3, fig. 3, 4 MŠ7184

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