Orthotheca bayonet Matthew 1899

Hyolitha - Orthothecida - Orthothecidae

Full reference: G. F. Matthew. 1899. The Etcheminian fauna of Smith Sound, Newfoundland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 5:97-119

Belongs to Orthotheca according to G. F. Matthew 1899

Sister taxa: Hyolithus (Orthotheca) holmi, Hyolithus (Orthotheca) striata, Orthotheca buelna, Orthotheca corrugata, Orthotheca daulis, Orthotheca doris, Orthotheca interstrialis, Orthotheca shriveri, Orthotheca suavis, Orthotheca subornatus, Orthotheca teretiuscula

Type specimen: Its type locality is North shore of Smith Sound northeast of the village of Clarenville, which is in a Placentian carbonate limestone in the Fosters Point Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at North shore of Smith Sound northeast of the village of Clarenville

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