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 angustifolius Hall
【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) turriculatus Barrande
【モノグラプタス】
シルル紀(Silurian)
産地:Vyskocilka, Bohemia, Czech Republic(チェコ)