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Orthotheca

Orthotheca is a genus of sessile bottom-dwelling hyolith.

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Kingdom: Animalia
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

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References

  1. Malinky, J. M. (2009). "First Occurrence of Orthotheca Novák, 1886 (Hyolitha, Early Devonian) in North America". Journal of Paleontology. 83 (4): 588–596. Bibcode:2009JPal...83..588M. doi:10.1666/08-164R.1. S2CID 130227630.