Banffia episoma Conway Morris et al. 2015

Banffozoa - Banffiidae

Full reference: S. Conway Morris, S. L. Halgedal, P. Selden and R. D. Jarrard. 2015. Rare primitive deuterostomes from the Cambrian (Series 3) of Utah. Journal of Paleontology 89(4):631-636

Belongs to Banffia according to S. Conway Morris et al. 2015

Sister taxon: Banffia constricta

Type specimen: ROM 59645, an other. Its type locality is Miners Hollow [Spence Shale Mbr, Langtson Fm], which is in a Cambrian deep subtidal ramp mudstone in the Langston Formation of Utah.

Ecology: facultatively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Miners Hollow [Spence Shale Mbr, Langtson Fm]

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