Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae
Parent taxon: Paurorthidae according to M. Liljeroth et al. 2017
See also Alikhova 1953, Hints 1975, Mitchell 1977, Opik 1933, Opik 1933, Rubel 1961, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Cyclomyonia, Nereidella, Paurorthina, Virgoria
Subtaxa: Paurorthis fasciculata Paurorthis inflata Paurorthis inopinatus Paurorthis longa Paurorthis minima Paurorthis parva Paurorthis resima Paurorthis savalaensis Paurorthis valida
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Norway (2 collections)
• Dobrotivian of Spain (1)
• Chazyan of United States (2: Tennessee)
• Fennian of France (1)
• Volkhov of Estonia (20), the Russian Federation (58)
• Vaana of Estonia (1)
• Langevoja of Estonia (6), the Russian Federation (1)
• Hunderum of the Russian Federation (1)
• Valaste of Estonia (4)
• Dawan of China (2)
• Arenig of China (6), France (1), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Norway (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Canada (9: British Columbia, Newfoundland), China (2), Estonia (8), Morocco (3), Norway (2), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (46), the United Kingdom (8), United States (31: Alabama, California, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia)
• Tremadoc of China (1)
• Cambrian of Iran (1)
Total: 223 collections including 232 occurrences
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