Eoobolus Matthew 1902 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Eoobolidae

Full reference: G. F. Matthew. 1902. Notes on Cambrian faunas. Royal Society of Canada, Transactions (ser.2, sect. 4) 8:93-112

Parent taxon: Eoobolidae according to C. B. Skovsted et al. 2017

See also Holmer et al. 1996 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxon: Pustulobolus

Subtaxa: Eoobolus elatus Eoobolus incipiens Eoobolus priscus Eoobolus shaanxiensis Eoobolus triparilis Eoobolus viridis

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Type: Obolus triparilis

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Antarctica (3 collections), Canada (17: British Columbia, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), China (4), France (1), Greenland (10), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: Pennsylvania)

Total: 43 collections including 45 occurrences

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