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Slapylitidae

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Slapylitidae
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3 – Paibian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Hyolitha
Order: Hyolithida
Family: Slapylitidae
Valent, Martin; Fatka, Oldřich; Marek, Ladislav (2017)
Genera
  • Slapylites Marek, 1980
  • Nevadalites Marek, 1976

Slapylitidae is a family of hyolithid hyoliths known from articulated skeletons that lack helens. This family is now extinct. The two genera included in this family are Slapylites and Nevadalites, which are found in the mid-Cambrian, particularly of the Barrundian area. A possible additional representative in the open systematic nomenclature might extend the range of this genus to the Devonian.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Valent, Martin; Fatka, Oldřich; Marek, Ladislav (2017). "Slapylitidae: A new family of hyolithids (Cambrian–?Devonian; Baltica, Laurentia, Gondwana)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. doi:10.1007/s12542-017-0369-1.
  2. ^ Valent, Martin; Fatka, Oldřich; Marek, Ladislav (2017). "Slapylitidae: A new family of hyolithids (Cambrian–?Devonian; Baltica, Laurentia, Gondwana)". PalZ. doi:10.1007/s12542-017-0369-1.