Graptoloid

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Sicula
conical tube secreted by the first member of the colony
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rhabdosome
the entire graptoloid skeleton
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stipe
a branch off of the rhabdosome
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virgella
spine at the end of the sicula
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aperture of the sicula
where the first zooid protruded from the skeleton
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theca
individual cup in which one zooid lived
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mode of life
lived within the water column and were pelagic. most conformed with a planktonic life by floating using their nema attached to something
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nema
long extension of the sicula, believed to have attached to a floating object
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phylum
hemichordata
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order
graptoloidea
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class
graptolithinia
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order of evolutionary graptolite
tetragraptus. didymograptus, didymograptus. dicellograptus, diplograptus and monograptus
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changes in stipes from ordovician to silurian
many stipes to very few stipes
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changes in the shape of thecae from ordovician to silurian
simple theca to complex theca
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direction of theca
pendent (downwards) to scandent (upwards)
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

rhabdosome

Back

the entire graptoloid skeleton

Card 3

Front

stipe

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

virgella

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

aperture of the sicula

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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