Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Alternative combination: Hyolithes carinatus
Synonyms: Haplophrentis cecrops Walcott 1917, Haplophrentis costatus Matthew 1901, Hyolithes cecrops Walcott 1917, Hyolithes costatus Matthew 1901, Hyolithes idahoensis Resser 1938
Belongs to Haplophrentis according to J. Moysiuk et al. 2017
See also Babcock and Robison 1988, Resser 1938 and Resser 1939
Sister taxon: Haplophrentis reesei
Type specimens:
- Haplophrentis carinatus: ROM 8463a, a shell
- Haplophrentis cecrops:
- Haplophrentis costatus:
- Hyolithes idahoensis: USNM 95021. Its type locality is Locality 37m, shale beds (Pend Oreille Lake), which is in a Cambrian carbonate shale/limestone in the Rennie Shale Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Solvan of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
• Delamaran of Canada (23: British Columbia), United States (2: Idaho, Utah)
• Cambrian of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (2), United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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