Tergomya - Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae
Alternative combination: Metoptoma alta
Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1889. Observations on some imperfectly known fossils from the Calciferous sandrock of Lake Champlain, and descriptions of several new forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2:41-63
Belongs to Kirengella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Whitfield 1889
Sister taxa: Kirengella ayaktchica, Kirengella expansus, Kirengella kultavasaensis, Kirengella oregonensis, Kirengella pyramidalis, Kirengella rectilateralis, Kirengella stabilis, Kirengella washingtonense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Division E Beds, Section northeast of Shoreham, which is in a Stairsian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the Fort Ann Formation of Vermont
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Division E Beds, Section northeast of Shoreham
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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