Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Alternative combinations: Dinorthis carletona, Plaesiomys carltona
Full reference: W. H. Twenhofel. 1928. Geology of Anticosti Island. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 154(2132):1-351
Belongs to Plaesiomys according to D. F. Wright and A. L. Stigall 2013
See also Bolton 1972, Jin and Zhan 2008, Schuchert and Cooper 1932 and Twenhofel 1928
Sister taxa: Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) saxbyana, Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) solaris, Plaesiomys (Plaesiomys), Plaesiomys (Valcourea), Plaesiomys anticostiensis, Plaesiomys bellilamellosus, Plaesiomys bellistriatus, Plaesiomys carletona, Plaesiomys cutterensis, Plaesiomys fidelis, Plaesiomys idahoensis, Plaesiomys iphigenia, Plaesiomys multiplicata, Plaesiomys occidentalis, Plaesiomys porcata, Plaesiomys proavita, Plaesiomys rockymontana, Plaesiomys saxbiana, Plaesiomys subcircularis, Plaesiomys subquadratus
Type specimen: GSC 2030k, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Quebec collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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