Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Parent taxon: Hesperorthidae according to M. Liljeroth et al. 2017
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jakobsen et al. 2014, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Macomber 1970, Oraspold 1956, Oraspold 1959, Potter 1990, Rubel 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1964
Sister taxa: Barbarorthis, Dolerorthis, Flabellitesia, Lordorthis, Paradolerorthis, Ptychopleurella, Schizonema
Subtaxa: Hesperorthis antelopensis Hesperorthis australis Hesperorthis avalanchensis Hesperorthis barbata Hesperorthis benjaminensis Hesperorthis biconvexa Hesperorthis costalis Hesperorthis craigensis Hesperorthis davidsoni Hesperorthis dubia Hesperorthis gotlandica Hesperorthis hillistensis Hesperorthis ignicula Hesperorthis latecostata Hesperorthis laurentina Hesperorthis leinsterensis Hesperorthis longirostroides Hesperorthis martinssoni Hesperorthis matutina Hesperorthis mucronata Hesperorthis onniensis Hesperorthis pyramidalis Hesperorthis rae Hesperorthis sulcata Hesperorthis tricenaria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jaani of Estonia (2 collections)
• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (22: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (3), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (29), Iran (1), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (9), Sweden (8), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (8: California, Illinois, Indiana)
• Chazyan of Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Quebec), United States (8: New York, Tennessee, Virginia)
• Whiterockian of United States (7: Nevada)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (1: Illinois)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (9), Belarus (2), Canada (43: Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunvait, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (4), Estonia (6), Ireland (7), Latvia (2), Lithuania (3), Mongolia (6), Norway (5), the Russian Federation (35), Spain (2), Sweden (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (18), United States (194: Alaska, California, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 456 collections including 472 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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