Orthotheca

Orthotheca
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Early Devonian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Class: Hyolitha
Order: Orthothecida
Family: Orthothecidae
Sysoev, 1958
Genus: Orthotheca
Novák, 1886
Species
  • O. shriveri Malinky 2009

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Orthotheca is a genus of sessile bottom-dwelling hyolith.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Malinky, J. M. (2009). "First Occurrence of Orthotheca Novák, 1886 (Hyolitha, Early Devonian) in North America". Journal of Paleontology. 83: 588–596. doi:10.1666/08-164R.1.
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