半索動物 Hemichordates

 半索動物の現生種は90種ほどですが,いずれも硬い殻を持たないため,化石としてはほとんど知られていません.
 There are about 90 extant species of hemichordates, but few are known as fossils because none of them have hard shells.


筆石類 Graptolites

 筆石類はカンブリア紀に現れ,石炭紀に絶滅したグループで,示準化石として有用です.現生半索動物のフサカツギに近縁だと考えられています.
 Graptolites are a group that appeared in the Cambrian and became extinct in the Carboniferous and are useful as a index fossils. They are thought to be closely related to the extant pterobranchians.


オルドビス紀 Ordovician

GSJ F07581 [筆石類 Graptolites]

Phyllograptus angustifoliusHall

 【フィログラプタス】

 オルドビス紀(Ordovician)

 産地:Selemmestad, Kingdom of Norway(ノルウェー)


シルル紀 Silurian

GSJ F07586 [筆石類 Graptolites]

Monograptus (Spirograptus) turriculatusBarrande

 【モノグラプタス】

 シルル紀(Silurian)

 産地:Vyskocilka, Bohemia, Czech Republic(チェコ)