hyolithid

hyolithid
adjective or noun

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/huy ol"i thid/, n.
1. any invertebrate of the extinct genus Hyolithes, most common in the Cambrian Period, having a limy, univalve shell, and thought to be related to the pteropods.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to Hyolithes.
[ < NL Hyolith(es) (see HYOID, -LITH) + -ID2]

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  • hyolithid — /huy ol i thid/, n. 1. any invertebrate of the extinct genus Hyolithes, most common in the Cambrian Period, having a limy, univalve shell, and thought to be related to the pteropods. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to Hyolithes. [ < NL… …   Universalium

  • hyolithid — hy·ol·i·thid …   English syllables

  • Hyolitha — Taxobox name = Hyolitha image caption = Hyolithes cerops Walcott from the Spence Shale near Paris, Idaho (Middle Cambrian) regnum = Animalia superphylum = Lophotrochozoa? phylum = HyolithaHyolitha are enigmatic animals with small conical shells… …   Wikipedia

  • Ottoia — Temporal range: Burgess shale …   Wikipedia

  • Wiwaxia — Exemplar im National Museum of Natural History Zeitraum Unteres und Mittleres Kambrium 525 bis 505 Mio. Jahre Fundorte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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