Graptoloids

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the entire graptolite skeleton
rhabdosome
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part where the zooid protruted
aperture
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individual cup where one zooid lived
theca
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spine at the end of the sicula
virgella
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a branch of the rhabdosome
stipe
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a thin tube, an extension of the sicula
nema
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a conical structure in which the first member of the colony lives
sicula
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mode of life for a graptolite
planktonic
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class of graptolite
graptolithinia
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phylum of graptolite
hemichordata
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when did graptolites first appear?
ordovician
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when did graptolites become extinct?
devonian
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silurian graptolites name (M)
monograptus
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silurian graptolites name (D)
diplograptus
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ordovician graptolites name (Dic)
dicellograptus
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ordovician graptolites name (Did)
didymograptus
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Ordovician first graptolite
tetragraptus
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thecae are growing vertically upwards from the sicula
scandent
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thecae are added downwards from the sicula
pendent
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thecae are added on one side of the stipe
uniserial
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thecae are added on two sides of the stipe
biserial
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thecae became more .......... through evolutionary time
complex
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how did they feed?
filter feeders
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

part where the zooid protruted

Back

aperture

Card 3

Front

individual cup where one zooid lived

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

spine at the end of the sicula

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

a branch of the rhabdosome

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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