Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Full reference: S. Bengtson, S. Conway Morris, B. J. Cooper, P. A. Jell, and B. N. Runnegar. 1990. Early Cambrian fossils from South Australia. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 9:1-364
Belongs to Microcornus according to T. Wotte 2006
See also Bengtson et al. 1990, Gravestock et al. 2001 and Malinky and Skovsted 2004
Sister taxa: Microcornus egregius, Microcornus elongatus, Microcornus eximius, Microcornus parvulus, Microcornus pinyuis, Microcornus simus
Type specimen: SAMP 30887, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (27), Greenland (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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