Hyolithellus papillatus Walcott 1912

Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1912. Cambrian geology and paleontology. II. New York Potsdam Hoyt fauna. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(9):263-289

Belongs to Hyolithellus according to C. D. Walcott 1912

Sister taxa: Hyolithellus decorus, Hyolithellus filiformis, Hyolithellus grandis, Hyolithellus insolitus, Hyolithellus isiticus, Hyolithellus micans, Hyolithellus rectus, Hyolithellus sinuosus, Hyolithellus tenuis, Hyolithellus vitricus, Hyolithellus vladimirovae, Rhabdochites scissus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Loc. 111. Top of sandstone, Marble River, 1.6 km south of Chateaugay, which is in a Trempealeauan marine sandstone in the Keeseville Formation of New York.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Loc. 111. Top of sandstone, Marble River, 1.6 km south of Chateaugay

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