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Carinolithes

Hyolithida - Carinolithidae

Taxonomy
Carinolithes was named by Sysoev (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm l O Cara-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1,1116]. Its type is Hyolithes pennatulus. It is the type genus of Carinolithidae.

It was assigned to Hyolithidae by Fisher (1962) and Kruse (2002); to Hyolithida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carinolithidae by Valent et al. (2011).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Carinolithes Sysoev p. 188
1962Carinolithes Fisher p. 124
2002Carinolithes Kruse p. 370
2002Carinolithes Sepkoski
2011Carinolithes Valent et al. pp. 102 - 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderHyolithidaMathew 1962
familyCarinolithidae
genusCarinolithes

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.

G. †Carinolithes Sysoev 1958
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Carinolithes bohemicus Valent et al. 2011
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Valent et al. 2011Hyolithid having prominent, narrow, high ridge in the centre of dorsum, with flanks adjacent to it dipping steeply to forma lateral furrow near each edge of the dorsum, and then grading into a low, narrow longitudinal ridge with a broadly rounded surface on each side of the dorsum. Lateral edges are weakly developed and almost rounded. Operculum platyclaviculate (from Berg-Madsen and Malinky 1999).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-02-26 06:42:32
Modified: 2009-02-26 08:53:51
Source: g = genus, o = order, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, d'Eichwald 1840

Age range: base of the Lenian to the top of the Berounian or 516.00000 to 449.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Kyrgyzstan C. pennatulus (81268)
Templetonian - Floran508.0 - 503.0Australia (Queensland) C. tjikilirri (69987 69988 69990)
Liben - Late/Upper Llandeilo460.9 - 458.4Czech Republic C. sp. (3855)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Poland C. sp. (233108)
Berounian457.9 - 449.8Czech Republic (Prague) C. sp. (76470)