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Hyolithes ✝

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	7746	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=7746

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Hyolithidae : Hyolithes

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Hyolitha	Marek 1963
order	Hyolithida	Mathew 1962
family	Hyolithidae	Nicholson 1889
genus	Hyolithes	d'Eichwald 1840

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hyolithes	genus	belongs to Hyolithidae	stated without evidence	Mason, 1935
Hyolithes	genus	belongs to Hyolithidae	stated with evidence	Henningsmoen, 1952
Hyolithes	genus	belongs to Hyolithidae	stated without evidence	Fisher, 1962
Hyolithes	genus	misspelling of Hyolithes	stated with evidence	Fisher, 1962
Hyolithes	genus	misspelling of Hyolithes	stated without evidence	Fisher, 1962
Hyolithes	genus	belongs to Hyolithida	stated without evidence	Landing and Bartowski, 1996
Hyolithes	genus	belongs to Hyolithida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

530 - 520 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine (based on Hyolitha)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Hyolithida)

Vision

blind (based on Hyolitha)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Hyolithida)

Ecospace Comments

Appear to be epifaunal (McKerrow, 1979).

Taphonomy

minor ribbing (based on Hyolithes)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. d'Eichwald. 1840. Ueber das silurische Schichtensystem in Esthland. Aus dem ersten and zweiten Hefte der Zeithschrift für Natur und Heilkunde der medizinischen Akademi zu St. Petersburg besonders abgedruckt

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hyolithes (Pharetrella) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Hyolithus (Hyolithus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes aclis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Hyolithes acutus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes aliger ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes americanus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	13	516 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Hyolithes amosi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	323 Ma Carboniferous	323 Ma Carboniferous
Hyolithes aplatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes asteroideus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hyolithes cariniferus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes columbanus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hyolithes conularioides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	22	520 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Hyolithes daphnis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes delia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes dorbignyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Hyolithes endoi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes fuchouensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes gibbosus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Hyolithes girvanensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hyolithes hathewayi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes immemor ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hyolithes kuantungensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes mantouensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes minutissimus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Hyolithes multicinctus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Hyolithes multipunctatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hyolithes obesus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Hyolithes ornatellus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Hyolithes paishanensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes penkillensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes sondai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes tenuis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithes terranovicus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hyolithus mimicus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	520 Ma Cambrian	520 Ma Cambrian
Hyolithus pallidus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	520 Ma Cambrian	520 Ma Cambrian
Theca kirkbyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Theca richteri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1840	Hyolithes d'Eichwald p. 97
1845	Theca Morris
1935	Hyolithes Mason p. 100
1952	Hyolithes Henningsmoen
1962	Hyolithes Fisher p. 124
1996	Hyolithes Landing and Bartowski p. 757
2002	Hyolithes Sepkoski, Jr.

References

d'Eichwald E. , Ueber das silurische Schichtensystem in Esthland. Aus dem ersten and zweiten Hefte der Zeithschrift für Natur und Heilkunde der medizinischen Akademi zu St. Petersburg besonders abgedruckt, 1-210

Mason J. F. (1935) Fauna of the Cambrian Cadiz Formation, Marble Mountains, California, Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 34 2, 97-120

Henningsmoen G. (1952) Early middle Cambrian fauna from Rogaland, SW Norway (Paradoxides oelandicus stage = lc α) , Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 30, 13-30

Fisher D. W. (1962) Part W, Miscellanea: Small conoidal shells of uncertain affinities, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology W, 98-143

Landing E., Bartowski K.E. (1996) Oldest shelly fossils from the Taconic Allochthon and late Early Cambrian sea-levels in eastern Laurentia, Journal of Paleontology 70 5, 741-761

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

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