Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Alternative combinations: Orthambonites minisculus, Orthambonites minusculus, Orthis minusculus
Full reference: F. B. Phleger, Jr. 1933. Notes on certain Ordovician faunas of the Inyo Mountains, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 32(1):1-21
Belongs to Paralenorthis according to V. Jaanusson and M. G. Bassett 1993
See also Berry et al. 1979, Cooper 1956, Greife and Langenheim 1963, Phleger 1933 and Ross 1970
Sister taxa: Paralenorthis alabamensis, Paralenorthis alata, Paralenorthis buttsi, Paralenorthis carlottoi, Paralenorthis costata, Paralenorthis estenaensis, Paralenorthis immitatrix, Paralenorthis lolae, Paralenorthis luritjaorum, Paralenorthis marshalli, Paralenorthis mollesensis, Paralenorthis orbicularis, Paralenorthis panderania, Paralenorthis proava, Paralenorthis rgaitensis, Paralenorthis riojanus, Paralenorthis robustus, Paralenorthis semnanensis, Paralenorthis serica, Paralenorthis suriensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is The Elbow of Mazourka Canyon, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Badger Flat Formation of California
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (10: California, Nevada collections)
• Ordovician of United States (7: California, Nevada)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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