Ladatheca

Ladatheca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: †Hyolitha
Order: †Hyolithida
Family: †Hyolithidae
Genus: †Ladatheca

Ladatheca is a genus of hyolith that closely resembles Turcutheca. It has a straight conch with a smooth internal surface, and is found with what may be its operculum.

References

  1. ↑ Dzik, J. (2010). "Brachiopod Identity of the Alleged Monoplacophoran Ancestors of Cephalopods". Malacologia. 52 (1): 97–113. doi:10.4002/040.052.0107. S2CID 85622212.
  2. ↑ Jerzy Dzik (1994). "Evolution of 'small shelly fossils' assemblages of the Early Paleozoic". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 39 (3): 247–313.