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Hyolitha ✝
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| Rank | phylum (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Hyolitha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 425 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Hyolitha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Hyolitha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Hyolitha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Hyolitha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: LIFE HISTORY: Surficial, non-motile unattached/fac. motile unattached, suspension feeding/detritivore according to Bambach et al (2007). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Hyolitha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. Marek. 1963. New knowledge on the morphology of Hyolithes. Sborník geologickych vd, ada Paleontologie 1:53-72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hyolithomorpha ✝ class | listed (PBDB) | 88 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Orthothecimorpha ✝ class | listed (PBDB) | 152 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Hyolithida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 891 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Orthothecida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 743 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Attenuella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1963 | Hyolitha Marek |
| 1990 | Hyolitha Malinky p. 229 |
| 2002 | Hyolitha Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Hyolitha Wotte p. 153 |
| 2007 | Hyolitha Malinky and Yochelson p. 521 |
| 2017 | Hyolitha Moysiuk et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
