Hyolithes exilis Resser and Howell 1938

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

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