Full reference: A. M. Mambetov. 1972. A new Lower Cambrian hyolithid genus from Mally Karatau (Northwestern Tien Shan). Paleontological Journal 6(2):268-269
Parent taxon: Hyolithida according to A. Kouchinsky et al. 2011
See also Duan 1984, Malinky and Skovsted 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Wotte 2006
Sister taxa: Aimitus, Aladracina, Altaicornus, Amydaicornus, Anabaricornus, Angusticornidae, Angusticornus, Atdabanithidae, Australothecidae, Bolithes, Borealicornus, Brevilabiatus, Carinolithidae, Cavernolites, Crestjahitidae, Crestjahitus, Decipilites, Doescherina, Emarites, Erraticornus, Firmicornus, Galicornus, Glossolites, Gompholites, Goniocornus, Grantitheca, Hyolithidae, Hyolithina, Hyptiotheca, Ingolitotheca, Insignicornus, Insolitotheca, Jacuticornus, Jacutolitus, Jincelites, Joachimilites, Ketemecornus, Kuonamkicornus, Lathamoserpens, Laticornus, Lenalitus, Lirotheca, Matthevina, Maxilites, Meitanovitus, Nelegerocornidae, Nitoricornus, Notabilitus, Oblisicornus, Oxytus, Paracornus, Parakolithes, Parakorilithes, Parentilitidae, Parkula, Patholites, Pauxillites, Pauxillitidae, Rarissimetus, Rodentilites, Similothecidae, Slapylitidae, Tajinella, Tizilites, Tulenicornus, Virgatotheca, Yacutolithuus
Subtaxa: Microcornus egregius Microcornus elongatus Microcornus eximius Microcornus parvulus Microcornus petilus Microcornus pinyuis Microcornus simus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (36), China (4), Germany (1), Greenland (5), Kazakhstan (4), Kyrgyzstan (2), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (3), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 63 collections including 93 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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