Kirengella washingtonense Stinchcomb 1975 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae

Alternative combinations: Hypseloconus washingtonense, Kiringella washingtonense

Full reference: B. L. Stinchcomb. 1975. Paleoecology of two new species of Late Cambrian Hypseloconus (Monoplacophora) from Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 49(2):416-421

Belongs to Kirengella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Peel 1988 and Stinchcomb 1975

Sister taxa: Kirengella alta, Kirengella ayaktchica, Kirengella expansus, Kirengella kultavasaensis, Kirengella oregonensis, Kirengella pyramidalis, Kirengella rectilateralis, Kirengella stabilis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Big River banks 2.7 kilometers southwest of Irondale, which is in a Dresbachian reef, buildup or bioherm dolomite in the Bonneterre Formation of Missouri

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Greenland (2 collections), United States (1: Missouri)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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