Revision of Hyolitha from the Ordovician of Estonia |
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Authors: | John M Malinky |
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Institution: | 1. Geologisch-Pal?ontologisches Institut, Im Neuenheimer Feld 234, D-69120, Heidelberg
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Abstract: | Topotype specimens of the Middle OrdovicianHyolithes acutus
Eichwald, 1840, which is the type of the genus that lent its name to a family, order, class, and even phylum according to some, andH. latus
Eichwald, 1860 allow that genus and those species to be firmly established on a sound, morphologic basis. In addition, preservation
of the types ofHyolithes striatus
Eichwald, 1860 is sufficiently good to warrant reassignment toDorsolinevitus
Syssoiev, 1958. In contrast, the type ofH. insularis
Eichwald, 1860 is incompletely preserved, and this species is not recognizable beyond the type material. The concept of the family
Hyolithidae is revised to more closely conform to the morphology ofHyolithes, with authorship herein ascribed toSyssoiev (1958) rather than toNicholson (1872). The stratigraphic distribution of these taxa suggests thatHyolithes as defined herein first appears in the Middle Ordovician, but extends into at least the Lower Devonian, as suggested by two
species from the Barrandian region of the Czech Republic. Their geographic distribution further re-enforces the notion of
two distinct paleobiogeographic provinces based on hyoliths, a Mediterranean province and Baltic province, with almost no
mixing of hyolith faunas during the Ordovician.
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Keywords: | Hyolithes Dorsolinevitus Ordovician Estonia Paleobiogeography Baltic Province |
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