Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Alternative combination: Orthambonites bielsteini
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Sulevorthis according to V. Jaanusson and M. G. Bassett 1993
See also Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Sulevorthis blountensis, Sulevorthis cessatus, Sulevorthis exopunctatus, Sulevorthis humilidorsatus, Sulevorthis lyckholmiensis, Sulevorthis mostellerensis, Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus, Sulevorthis playfairi, Sulevorthis rectangulatus, Sulevorthis rotundiformis, Sulevorthis tennesseensis
Type specimen: USNM 109803a, a valve
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: Pennsylvania, Virginia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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