Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990

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

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