Talk:Graptolite

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Added text from an article I originally wrote in 1998 and published on the Web.

Dlloyd 22:12, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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Dlloyd 00:52, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I added the link to the British and Irish Graptolite Group (BIG-G). --Lenn 02:00, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

" Linneaus, originally regarded as being 'pictures resembling fossils rather than true fossils', though later workers supposed them to be related to the hydrozoans. "

that seems like a terrible thing to say about linneaus. can someone with more understanding of the subject fix it? pauli 05:03, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

It does seem to be badly phrased. CFLeon 22:25, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

True, though. I think I remember seeing that their first mention in literature was by a Swiss worker who believed they were fossil plant leaves (one of J Hall's volumes from the 1800's mentioned it in a timeline of Graptolite studies; also discussed Linneaus somewhat). The little guys have had quite a complicated history, as far as our understanding of them changes. -(Guest from SUNY Buffalo) 18 July 2006

[edit] Still exist?

The cryptozoology article mentions Graptolites as a group once thought extinct but now observed still in existance. This page, however, doesn't mention this. So 1) is this true? and 2) should it be mentioned here?

I have heard this said as well in more than a few locations. Maybe an add would be helpful?

Nature had an article about a supposed "living graptolite" several years back. Whether a rhabdopleuran with a spike ("nema?") counts as a graptolite is something likely to start arguments between graptolite paleontologists. Planktonic graptolites are definetely extinct, however. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.205.129.102 (talk) 20:49, 11 April 2007 (UTC).