Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Parent taxon: Plectorthidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Mitchell 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Apollonorthis, Ashinaorthis, Atlantida, Corineorthis, Desmorthis, Hebertella, Irhirea, Lipanorthis, Mimella, Nanorthis, Oligorthis, Orthostrophiinae, Paterorthis, Platystrophiinae, Platystrophinae, Plectorthinae, Plectorthis, Pseudomimella, Schizophorella, Severginella
Subtaxa: Doleroides germanus Doleroides gibbosa Doleroides mixticius Doleroides panna Doleroides tennesseensis Doleroides winchelli
Type: Orthis gibbosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Minnesota)
• Ordovician of Australia (10), Canada (11: Northwest Territories, Ontario), the Russian Federation (8), the United Kingdom (2), United States (78: Alaska, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 112 collections including 114 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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