Alternative combinations: Metoptoma barabuensis, Proplina barabuensis, Tryblidium (Metoptoma) barabuensis
Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1878. Preliminary descriptions of new species of fossils from the lower geological formations of Wisconsin. Annual Report of the Wisconsin Geological Survey for 1877:50-89
Belongs to Ellsworthoconus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Berkey 1898, Webers et al. 1992, Whitfield 1878, Whitfield 1882 and Yochelson and Webers 2006
Sister taxa: Ellsworthoconus andersoni, Ellsworthoconus barabouensis, Ellsworthoconus bridgei
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Walcott Locality 78. Quarry near St. Croix Friver, suburbs of Osceola (Cambrian of Wisconsin)
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