Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Alternative spelling: Orthothetes
Synonyms: Orthotetoides, Pseudoorthotetes
Parent taxon: Orthotetidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Clarke 1900, Sepkoski 2002 and Smith and Xu 1988
Sister taxa: Apsocalymma, Brochocarina, Derbyoides, Hipparionyx, Tapajotia, Werriea
Subtaxa: Orthotetes abruptus Orthotetes afanasjevae Orthotetes bisulcatus Orthotetes canadensis Orthotetes guppyi Orthotetes huagongensis Orthotetes jugorica Orthotetes kaskaskiensis Orthotetes keokuk Orthotetes kraffti Orthotetes occidentalis Orthotetes picta Orthotetes plana Orthotetes simensis Orthotetes sulensis Orthotetes trigonalis Orthothetes crenistria
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (14 collections), Bhutan (1), Canada (14: Yukon), China (9), India (1), Indonesia (2), Laos (1), Malaysia (2), Mongolia (6), Nepal (6), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (4: Texas)
• Namurian of Egypt (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (20), Canada (3: Alberta, Yukon), China (5), Egypt (2), Germany (1), South Korea (1), Ukraine (1), United States (165: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Devonian of Canada (2: New Brunswick, Quebec), Germany (2), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Alaska, Indiana)
• Silurian of Sweden (1), United States (1: New York)
Total: 275 collections including 283 occurrences
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