Parkula esmeraldina Skovsted 2006

Hyolitha - Hyolithida

Full reference: C. B. Skovsted. 2006. Small shelly fossils from the basal Emigrant Formation (Cambrian, uppermost Dyeran Stage) of Split Mountain, Nevada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43(4):487-496

Belongs to Parkula according to C. B. Skovsted 2006

Sister taxon: Parkula bounites

Type specimen: USNM 530272, a shell. Its type locality is CS990917-03, which is in a Dyeran offshore shelf limestone in the Emigrant Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (2: Nevada)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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