Hyolithid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hyolithid is a noun meaning A member of the Hyolithida order of extinct lophophorate animals.
Meaning
A member of the Hyolithida order of extinct lophophorate animals.
Example Sentences
A study of over 1500 specimens of Haplophrentis, a mid-Cambrian hyolithid from the celebrated Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies and the Spence Shale from Utah, has revealed the details of its soft parts.
Word Forms
- hyolithids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hyolith, lophophorate, hyopsodontid, lophospirid, lysorophian, holodontid.
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