Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae
Alternative combination: Josina festiva
Full reference: C. Lochman and C. H. Hu. 1960. Upper Cambrian faunas from the northwest Wind River Mountains, Wyoming. Part 1. Journal of Paleontology 34(5):793-834
Belongs to Knechtelia according to A. Melzak and S. R. Westrop 1994
See also Lochman and Hu 1960
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Horizon SM21, Sheep Mtn. Sect., Park Shale Fm., WY - Lochman and Hu 1960, which is in a Menevian shallow subtidal grainstone/shale in the Park Shale Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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