Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Alternative spellings: Orthis (Dinorthis), Plaesiomys (Dinorthis)
Parent taxon: Plaesiomyinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Alikhova 1953, Macomber 1970, Oraspold 1959, Popov and Cocks 2014, Popov et al. 2000, Reed 1917 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austinella, Campylorthis, Chaulistomella, Madiorthis, Multicostella, Plaesiomys, Retrorsirostra, Valcourea
Subtaxa: Dinorthis (Pionorthis) Dinorthis (Retrorsirostra) Dinorthis anticostiensis Dinorthis atavoides Dinorthis beiguoshanensis Dinorthis berwynensis Dinorthis carleyi Dinorthis carrickensis Dinorthis flabellulum Dinorthis hadra Dinorthis holdeni Dinorthis holdenoides Dinorthis interstriata Dinorthis meedsi Dinorthis occidentalis Dinorthis pectinella Dinorthis subplicatella Dinorthis sweeneyi Dinorthis taukensis Dinorthis transversa Dinorthis venusta Orthis (Dinorthis) meedsi
Type: Dinorthis pectinella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Sweden (6 collections)
• Chazyan of United States (5: Tennessee, Virginia)
• Arenig of Bolivia (3), China (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Australia (19), Bolivia (4), Canada (64: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario), China (5), Kazakhstan (8), Norway (2), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (28), United States (112: California, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 260 collections including 310 occurrences
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