Hypseloconus elongatus Berkey 1898 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Kiringellida

= Hypseloconus recurvus Stinchcomb, 1980, text fig. 1-G. Not Hypseloconus recurvus Stinchcomb, 1986, p. 617, Figs. 4-10.

Alternative combination: Hypseloconus recurvus elongatus

Full reference: C.P. Berkey. 1898. Geology of the St. Croix Dalles, part 3. Paleontology. American Geologist 21:270-294

Belongs to Hypseloconus according to E. L. Yochelson and G. F. Webers 2006

See also Berkey 1898, Knight 1941 and Lochman and Hu 1962

Sister taxa: Hypseloconus bessemerense, Hypseloconus bonneterrense, Hypseloconus compressus, Hypseloconus cornutiformis, Hypseloconus ozarkensis, Hypseloconus recurvus, Hypseloconus simplex

Type specimen: Its type locality is 1 kilometer south of Taylors Falls, half kilometer north of Folsom Island, which is in a Steptoean coastal sandstone in the Franconia Formation of Minnesota

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (2: Minnesota, Montana collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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