Yochelsonella Flower 1968 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae

Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1968. Part II - Fossils from the Smith Basin Limestone of the Fort Ann Region New York. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Memoir 22(1):22-27

Parent taxon: Hypseloconidae according to B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell 1976

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cambrioconus, Cornuella, Gasconadeoconus, Gayneoconus, Knightoconus, Orthoconus, Ozarkoconus, Paraceratoconus, Proteroconus, Shelbyoceras, Pygmaeoconus, Kirengella

Subtaxa: Yochelsonella compressa Yochelsonella expansa

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (1: New York collection)

• Cambrian of Mongolia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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