Alternative spellings: Insolithotheca, Insolutotheca
Full reference: E. Landing and K.E. Bartowski. 1996. Oldest shelly fossils from the Taconic Allochthon and late Early Cambrian sea-levels in eastern Laurentia. Journal of Paleontology 70(5):741-761
Parent taxon: Hyolithida according to E. Landing and K.E. Bartowski 1996
See also Landing and Bartowski 1997 and Landing et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Aimitus, Aladracina, Altaicornus, Amydaicornus, Anabaricornus, Angusticornidae, Angusticornus, Atdabanithidae, Australothecidae, Bolithes, Borealicornus, Brevilabiatus, Carinolithidae, Cavernolites, Crestjahitidae, Decipilites, Doescherina, Emarites, Erraticornus, Firmicornus, Galicornus, Glossolites, Gompholites, Goniocornus, Grantitheca, Hyolithidae, Hyolithina, Hyptiotheca, Ingolitotheca, Insignicornus, Jacuticornus, Jacutolitus, Jincelites, Joachimilites, Ketemecornus, Kuonamkicornus, Lathamoserpens, Laticornus, Lenalitus, Lirotheca, Matthevina, Maxilites, Meitanovitus, Nelegerocornidae, Nitoricornus, Notabilitus, Oblisicornus, Oxytus, Paracornus, Parakolithes, Parakorilithes, Parentilitidae, Parkula, Patholites, Pauxillites, Pauxillitidae, Rarissimetus, Rodentilites, Similothecidae, Slapylitidae, Tajinella, Tizilites, Tulenicornus, Virgatotheca, Yacutolithuus
Subtaxa: Insolitotheca communis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections), United States (8: New York, Vermont)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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