Drepanocarpos Smith and Jell 1999

Stylophora - Cornuta - Phyllocystidae

Full reference: A. B. Smith and P. A. Jell. 1999. A new cornute carpoid from the Upper Cambrian (Idamean) of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(1):341-350

Parent taxon: Phyllocystidae according to A. B. Smith and P. A. Jell 1999

Sister taxon: Phyllocystis

Subtaxa: Drepanocarpos australis

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Type: Drepanocarpos australis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at NMVPL1597, Chatsworth homestead (Cambrian of Australia)

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