Similotheca Malinky 1988

Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Similothecidae

Full reference: J. M. Malinky. 1988. Early Paleozoic Hyolitha from North America: reexamination of Walcott’s and Resser’s type specimens. Journal of Paleontology 62(2):218-233

Parent taxon: Similothecidae according to J. M. Malinky 1988

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Similotheca bastionense Similotheca groenlandica Similotheca similis

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Type: Hyolithes similis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), Greenland (2)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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