Hyolitha - Orthothecida - Novitatidae
Parent taxon: Orthothecida according to J. M. Malinky 1990
See also Kruse 2002
Sister taxa: Aldanothecidae, Allathecidae, Ancheilotheca, Bolitheca, Brevitheca, Bucanotheca, Carinitheca, Chelsonella, Circothecidae, Cupitheca, Curtitheca, Ebianotheca, Eogloborilus, Eonovitatus, Girvanolithes, Gracilithecidae, Grandicornus, Hexitheca, Inflaticornus, Isititheca, Khetatheca, Kotuyitheca, Lophotheca, Minitheca, Mooritheca, Neobactrotheca, Nikatheca, Orthothecidae, Panitheca, Paragloborilus, Petasotheca, Plicitheca, Probactrotheca, Renitheca, Sysoievia, Tchuranitheca, Tetratheca, Tetrathecidae, Triplicatellidae, Turcutheca
Subtaxa: Contitheca Decoritheca Devoniotheca Foersteotheca Nephrotheca Novitatus Pantitheca Tcharatheca
Type: Novitatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of Czechia (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Czechia (2), Morocco (3), Poland (1)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), United States (2: Montana, Texas)
• Templetonian of Australia (1)
• Solvan of Morocco (1), Sweden (2)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences