Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Belongs to Glyptorthis according to D. F. Wright and A. L. Stigall 2014
See also Wang 1949
Sister taxa: Glyptorthis alta, Glyptorthis assimilis, Glyptorthis balclatchiensis, Glyptorthis balcletchiensis, Glyptorthis bellarugosa, Glyptorthis bellatula, Glyptorthis cataclina, Glyptorthis costellata, Glyptorthis crenulata, Glyptorthis crispa, Glyptorthis crispata, Glyptorthis daytonensis, Glyptorthis equiconvexa, Glyptorthis fausta, Glyptorthis glaseri, Glyptorthis glypta, Glyptorthis imbrex, Glyptorthis insculpta, Glyptorthis irregularis, Glyptorthis irrupta, Glyptorthis maquoketensis, Glyptorthis marilara, Glyptorthis maritima, Glyptorthis multicostellata, Glyptorthis obesa, Glyptorthis papillosa, Glyptorthis plana, Glyptorthis rocklandensis, Glyptorthis sarcina, Glyptorthis senecta, Glyptorthis splendens, Glyptorthis squamata, Glyptorthis subcircularis, Glyptorthis sulcata, Glyptorthis uncinata, Glyptorthis uniformis, Glyptorthis vidari, Glyptorthis viriosa, Orthis (Glyptorthis) transita
Type specimen: USNM 111937. Its type locality is Near mill 1 mile northwest of Fort Atkinson, which is in a Richmondian carbonate shale in the Maquoketa Formation of Iowa.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (17 collections), United States (2: Idaho, Iowa)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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