Crossword-Solution: GRAPTOLITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Graptolite | n. | One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group (Graptolithina) supposed to be hydroids. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “GRAPTOLITE”
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| FOSSIL in lower palaeozoic rocks | 1 answer |
| FOSSIL of marine animal, extinct | 1 answer |
| a characteristic Silurian fossil with an appearance almost like writing upon shales | 1 answer |
| Marine animal. | 4 answers |
| Fossil. | 58 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with GRAPTOLITE (5)
About eleven species of Graptolite are reckoned as belonging to this formation; they are chiefly found in peculiar localities where black mud abounded.
The Hydrozoa were represented not only by jellyfish but also by the GRAPTOLITE, which takes its name from a fancied resemblance of some of its forms to a quill pen.
The graptolite-bearing grauwacke of Banffshire seems to have been the only fossiliferous rock that occurred throughout the extent of this ancient northern basin.
The strata consist of greywackes, flags and shales with seams and zones of graptolite shale which yield fossils sparingly.
These consist of greywackes, flags and shales with bands of dark graptolite shales, the finer sediments being often well cleaved.