Protocortezorthis (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Parent taxon: Isorthinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Costisorthis, Isorthis, Levenea, Peleicostella, Tyersella

Subtaxa: Protocortezorthis windmillensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Canada (33: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), Germany (1), Poland (2), Spain (1), United States (3: Nevada)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Yukon), China (2), Spain (1), Venezuela (1)

Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence

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