Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Full reference: C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell. 1938. Lower Cambrian Olenellus zone of the Appalachians. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:195-248
Belongs to Hyolithes according to C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell 1938
Sister taxa: Hyolithes (Pharetrella), Hyolithes aclis, Hyolithes acutus, Hyolithes aliger, Hyolithes americanus, Hyolithes amosi, Hyolithes aplatus, Hyolithes asteroideus, Hyolithes cariniferus, Hyolithes columbanus, Hyolithes conularioides, Hyolithes daphnis, Hyolithes delia, Hyolithes dorbignyi, Hyolithes endoi, Hyolithes fuchouensis, Hyolithes gibbosus, Hyolithes girvanensis, Hyolithes hathewayi, Hyolithes immemor, Hyolithes kuantungensis, Hyolithes mantouensis, Hyolithes minutissimus, Hyolithes multicinctus, Hyolithes multipunctatus, Hyolithes obesus, Hyolithes ornatellus, Hyolithes paishanensis, Hyolithes penkillensis, Hyolithes primordialis, Hyolithes sondai, Hyolithes sonora, Hyolithes tenuis, Hyolithes vanuxemi, Hyolithes wanneri, Hyolithus (Hyolithus), Hyolithus mimicus, Hyolithus pallidus, Theca richteri
Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM locality 22L, half mile south of East Petersburg, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (2: Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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