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Nevadotheca excellens

Hyolithida - Hyolithidae

Taxonomy
Hyolithes excellens was named by Billings (1872). Its type specimen is USNM 390621, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red Limestone, Smith’s Sound, which is in a Branchian carbonate limestone in the Brigus Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Nevadotheca excellens by Malinky (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Hyolithes excellens Billings p. 471 figs. 8a-b
1990Nevadotheca excellens Malinky p. 229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderHyolithidaMathew 1962
familyHyolithidaeNicholson 1889
genusNevadothecaMalinky 1988
speciesexcellens()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Nevadotheca excellens Billings 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:29:52
Modified: 2007-09-19 11:23:16
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Placentian to the top of the Branchian or 538.80000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Placentian538.8 - 516.2Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hyolithes excellens (240670)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hyolithes excellens (type locality: 99574)