Orthorhynchuloides Williams 1962 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Orthorhynchulidae

Full reference: A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267

Parent taxon: Orthorhynchulidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Orthorhynchula, Orthorhynchyllion, Tasmanella, Tuvaerhynchus

Subtaxa: Orthorhynchuloides nasutus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Main quarries WNW of Craighead Farm, 3 miles from Girvan on Maybole Rd. (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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