Monograptus, graptolite


Shown here is Monograptus, a slender and delicate Silurian graptolite. Graptolites are the fossil remains of small colonial animals. Graptolite colonies were connected together by living tissue.


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Keywords: animal, colonial, colony, curl, delicate, fossil, fossilised, graptolite, graptolithina, graptoloidea, hemichordata, invertebrata, invertebrate, jagged, monograptidae, monograptus, paleozoic, phanerozoic, prehistoric, prehistory, silurian, slender