Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Synonym: Boonderella Percival 1991
Full reference: I. Percival. 1991. Late Ordovician articulate brachiopods from central New South Wales, Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 11:107-177
Parent taxon: Giraldiellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Percival 1991, Popov et al. 2000 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Comatopoma, Famatinorthis, Gelidorthina, Gelidorthis, Giraldiella, Kvania, Proteorthis, Scaphorthis, Tazzarinia
Subtaxa: Phaceloorthis decoris Phaceloorthis fasciculata Phaceloorthis recondita
Type: Phaceloorthis decoris
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (10 collections), Kazakhstan (4)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
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