Tergomya - Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae
Full reference: C.P. Berkey. 1898. Geology of the St. Croix Dalles, part 3. Paleontology. American Geologist 21:270-294
Parent taxon: Hypseloconidae according to J. C. W. Cope and J. O. R. Ebbestad 2024
See also Horný 1963, Knight and Yochelson 1960, Peel 1991, Ponder et al. 2020, Runnegar and Jell 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Stinchcomb 1986
Sister taxa: Cambrioconus, Celtopileus, Cornuella, Costulaconus, Gasconadeoconus, Gayneoconus, Knightoconus, Orthoconus, Ozarkoconus, Paraceratoconus, Proteroconus, Shelbyoceras, Yochelsonella, Pygmaeoconus, Kirengella
Subtaxa: Hypseloconus bessemerense Hypseloconus bonneterrense Hypseloconus compressus Hypseloconus cornutiformis Hypseloconus elongatus Hypseloconus ozarkensis Hypseloconus recurvus Hypseloconus simplex
Type: Metoptoma recurva
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Norway (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Missouri, Texas, Virginia)
• Cambrian of Australia (2), Greenland (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (15: Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, South Dakota , Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 29 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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