Graptolitic

A genus of Graptolites. "The Ancient Life History of the Earth" by Henry Alleyne Nicholson

For there is not any representation to-day of such races as Graptolites and Trilobites. "The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4)" by J. Arthur Thomson

The strata consist of greywackes, flags and shales with seams and zones of graptolite shale which yield fossils sparingly. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1" by Various

These consist of greywackes, flags and shales with bands of dark graptolite shales, the finer sediments being often well cleaved. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8" by Various

These Graptolites are specially characteristic of the Upper Cambrian and Lower Silurian. "The Chain of Life in Geological Time" by Sir J. William Dawson

He described also the graptolites of the local Silurian strata; and the flora of the Coal-formation of Altai and Nebraska. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5" by Various

In the Silurian system, for example, the graptolites have been shown by C. Lapworth to furnish a useful basis for zonal subdivisions. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6" by Various

The Graptolite polyparies vary considerably in size: the majority range from 1 in. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3" by Various

A typical graptolite consists of an axis bearing a series of tooth-like projections, like a saw. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2" by Various

Graptolites occur but rarely in the Upper Cambrian. "The Elements of Geology" by William Harmon Norton