Microcornus elongatus Missarzhevsky 1980

Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae

Full reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky. 1980. Early Cambrian mongolian hyolitha and gastropoda. Paleontological Journal 15(1):18-25

Belongs to Microcornus according to V. V. Missarzhevsky 1980

Sister taxa: Microcornus egregius, Microcornus eximius, Microcornus parvulus, Microcornus petilus, Microcornus pinyuis, Microcornus simus

Type specimen: GIN 4297/7, a shell. Its type locality is Sample 179, Bayan-Gol, which is in a Lenian marine horizon in the Salanygol Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Germany (1 collection), Mongolia (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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