Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Full reference: L. R. Babcock and R. A. Robison. 1988. Taxonomy and paleobiology of some Middle Cambrian Scenella (Cnidaria) and hyolithids (Mollusca) from western North America. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 121:1-22
Parent taxon: Hyolithidae according to L. R. Babcock and R. A. Robison 1988
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Elegantilites, Hallotheca, Helenia, Hyolithes, Korilithes, Nevadotheca, Novakotheca, Sololites, Yalarrnga
Subtaxa: Haplophrentis carinatus Haplophrentis reesei
Type: Haplophrentis reesei
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Solvan of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
• Delamaran of Canada (23: British Columbia), United States (3: Idaho, Utah)
• Caerfai of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
• Cambrian of Canada (4: British Columbia), China (2), United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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