Hyolithidae

Hyolithidae
Temporal range:
Hyolithes cerops
Haplophrentis carinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Hyolitha
Order: Hyolithida
Family: Hyolithidae
Nicholson, 1872[2]
Type genus
Hyolithes[1]
d'Eichwald, 1840[3]
Genera

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The Hyolithidae are a family of hyoliths[1][2] (an extinct class of basal lophotrochozoans[4]) that lived from the Early Cambrian until the Late Permian.[1]

Genera

[1][2]

  • Brittanella Malinky & Racheboeuf, 2010
  • Carinolithes Sysoev, 1958
  • Dilytes Marek, 1974
  • Elegantilites Marek, 1966
  • Eumorpholites Marek, 1967
  • Gompholites Marek, 1967
  • Hallotheca Malinky, Linsley & Yochelson, 1987
  • Haplophrentis Matthew, 1899
  • Helenia Walcott, 1890
  • Hyolithes d'Eichwald, 1840 (type[1])
  • Joachimilites Marek, 1967
  • Korilithes Missarzhevsky, 1969
  • Maxilites Marek, 1972
  • Nevadalites Marek, 1976
  • Nevadotheca Malinky, 1988
  • Novakotheca Malinky, 1990

Possible members

[2]

  • Amphorotheca Pillet & Beaulieu, 1995
  • Australolithes Burrow & Smith, 2024
  • Nervolites Marek, 1974
  • Sololites Marek, 1967
  • Yalarrnga Kruse, 2002

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Hyolithidae in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ a b c d Hyolithidae Nicholson, 1872 †. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 24 January 2026.
  3. ^ Hyolithes in the Paleobiology Database
  4. ^ Liu, Fan; Skovsted, Christian B; Topper, Timothy P; Zhang, Zhifei; Shu, Degan (2020-02-01). "Are hyoliths Palaeozoic lophophorates?". National Science Review. 7 (2): 453–469. doi:10.1093/nsr/nwz161. ISSN 2095-5138. PMC 8289160. PMID 34692060.