<I>Styracograptus tubuliferus</I> (IMAGE)

University at Buffalo

<I>Styracograptus tubuliferus</I>

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A microscope image of a colony of Styracograptus tubuliferus, an ancient, deep-water graptolite that belonged to a lineage of graptolites that later disappeared during the end-Ordovician mass extinction. Each colony consists of a chain of tubes that make up a communal edifice, and each tube housed an individual graptolite animal.

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Credit: Charles E. Mitchell

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