Pseudorthotheca rara Vasil’yeva 1994

Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae

Full reference: N.I. Vasil’yeva. 1994. An early Cambrian small shell fauna (SSF) from boreholes in western Yakutia. Paleontological Journal 28(4):3-9

Belongs to Pseudorthotheca according to N.I. Vasil’yeva 1994

Sister taxa: Pseudorthotheca acuticincta, Pseudorthotheca costata, Pseudorthotheca filosa, Pseudorthotheca yichangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Danilovka No55 borehole, 1697 m, which is in an Atdabanian carbonate limestone in the Bilir Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Danilovka No. 55 borehole, 1697 m

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