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graptolite

any extinct Palaeozoic colonial pelagic animal of the class Graptolithina. Branching forms are found in later strata and up to Carboniferous times.

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Evolution of the Zooidal Behavior and Its Relation to Skeletal Structure of the Retiolitidae (Graptolithina).

The simplest retiolitid (Graptolithina) species Plectodinemagraptus gracilis from the Ludlow of Poland.

Evolutionary history of the Gothograptus lineage of the Retiolitidae (Graptolithina)

Late Wenlock biostratigraphy and the Pristiograptus virbalensis group (Graptolithina) in Lithuania and the Holy Cross Mountains.

Silurian bentonites in Lithuania: correlations based on sanidine phenocryst composition and graptolite biozonation--interpretation of volcanic source regions/Siluri bentoniidid Leedus: korrelatsioonid sanidiini fenokristallide koostise ja graptoliitide biotsonaalsuse jargi--vulkaanipursete piirkondade interpretatsioon

This material was redescribed and discussed by Mierzejewski (1991), who excluded these fossils from Graptolithina and treated them as incertae sedis.

Thallophytic algal flora from a new Silurian Lagerstatte/ Tallofuutsed vetikad uuest, Siluri-ealisest Lagerstattest

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