Nephrotheca Marek 1966

Hyolitha - Orthothecida - Novitatidae

Full reference: L. Marek. 1966. New hyolithid genera from the Ordovician of Bohemia. Casopis Narodního Musea, oddíl prírodovedny 135:89-92

Parent taxon: Novitatidae according to J. M. Malinky and G. Geyer 2019

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Contitheca, Decoritheca, Devoniotheca, Foersteotheca, Novitatus, Pantitheca, Tcharatheca

Subtaxa: Nephrotheca betula Nephrotheca ruderalis Nephrotheca sarkaensis

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Type: Orthotheca sarkaensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Dobrotivian of Czechia (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Czechia (2), Morocco (3), Poland (1)

• Cambrian of Germany (1)

• Solvan of Sweden (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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