Hypseloconus Berkey 1898 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Kiringellida

Full reference: C.P. Berkey. 1898. Geology of the St. Croix Dalles, part 3. Paleontology. American Geologist 21:270-294

Parent taxon: Hypseloconellacea according to J. S. Peel 1991

See also HornĂ½ 1963, Knight and Yochelson 1960, Ponder et al. 2020, Runnegar and Jell 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Stinchcomb 1986

Sister taxon: Shelbyoceridae

Subtaxa: Hypseloconus bessemerense Hypseloconus bonneterrense Hypseloconus compressus Hypseloconus cornutiformis Hypseloconus elongatus Hypseloconus ozarkensis Hypseloconus recurvus Hypseloconus simplex

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Arenig of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Norway (1), United States (6: Missouri, Texas, Virginia)

• Tremadoc of United States (1: Missouri)

• 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

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