Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Full reference: A. M. Mambetov. 1972. A new Lower Cambrian hyolithid genus from Mally Karatau (Northwestern Tien Shan). Paleontological Journal 6(2):268-269
Parent taxon: Nelegerocornidae according to T. Wotte 2006
See also Duan 1984, Malinky and Skovsted 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Microcornus egregius Microcornus elongatus Microcornus eximius Microcornus parvulus Microcornus petilus Microcornus pinyuis Microcornus simus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (36), China (3), Germany (1), Greenland (5), Kazakhstan (4), Kyrgyzstan (2), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (3), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 62 collections including 92 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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