The Hyolithidae are a family of hyoliths[1][2] (an extinct class of basal lophotrochozoans[4]) that lived from the Early Cambrian until the Late Permian.[1]
Genera
- †Brittanella Malinky & Racheboeuf, 2010
- †Carinolithes Sysoev, 1958
- †Dilytes Marek, 1974
- †Elegantilites Marek, 1966
- †Eumorpholites Marek, 1967
- †Gompholites Marek, 1967
- †Hallotheca Malinky, Linsley & Yochelson, 1987
- †Haplophrentis Matthew, 1899
- †Helenia Walcott, 1890
- †Hyolithes d’Eichwald, 1840 (type[1])
- †Joachimilites Marek, 1967
- †Korilithes Missarzhevsky, 1969
- †Maxilites Marek, 1972
- †Nevadalites Marek, 1976
- †Nevadotheca Malinky, 1988
- †Novakotheca Malinky, 1990
Possible members
- †Amphorotheca Pillet & Beaulieu, 1995
- †Australolithes Burrow & Smith, 2024
- †Nervolites Marek, 1974
- †Sololites Marek, 1967
- †Yalarrnga Kruse, 2002
References
- ^ a b c d e f Hyolithidae in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ a b c d Hyolithidae Nicholson, 1872 †. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 24 January 2026.
- ^ Hyolithes in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Liu, Fan; Skovsted, Christian B; Topper, Timothy P; Zhang, Zhifei; Shu, Degan (2020-02-01). “Are hyoliths Palaeozoic lophophorates?”. National Science Review. 7 (2): 453–469. doi:10.1093/nsr/nwz161. ISSN 2095-5138. PMC 8289160. PMID 34692060.