Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Full reference: C. Duan. 1984. Small shelly fossils from the Lower Cambrian Xihaoping Formation the Shennongjia district, Hubei Province - hyoliths and fossil skeletons of unknown affinities. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 7:141-188
Belongs to Microcornus according to T. Wotte 2006
See also Gravestock et al. 2001, Malinky and Skovsted 2004 and Xing et al. 1984
Sister taxa: Microcornus egregius, Microcornus elongatus, Microcornus parvulus, Microcornus petilus, Microcornus pinyuis, Microcornus simus
Type specimen: SH 1001, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (17 collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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