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Hyolithus pallidus

Hyolithida - Hyolithidae

Taxonomy
Hyolithus pallidus was named by Cobbold (1931) [Specimen No. 2934 in Cobbold's collection for the British Association]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Comley Quarry, Comley, which is in a Branchian carbonate limestone in the Lower Comley Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. corrugatus, H. lenticularis, H. nathorsti, H. terranovicus, H. degeeri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Hyolithus pallidus Cobbold pp. 490-491 figs. Pl. XLI, figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderHyolithidaMathew 1962
familyHyolithidaeNicholson 1889
genusHyolithus
speciespallidus

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.

†Hyolithus pallidus Cobbold 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available