Dictyonema, graptolite


Shown here is Dictyonema, a Cambrian dendroid graptolite. Graptolites are the fossil remains of small colonial animals. Graptolite colonies were connected together by living tissue.


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Keywords: ancient, animal, cambrian, colonial, colony, dendroid, dendroidea, dictyonema, fossil, fossilised, graptolite, graptolithina, hemichordata, invertebrata, invertebrate, net, paleozoic, phanerozoic, prehistoric, prehistory, structure