Glyptorthis irregularis Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Glyptorthis according to G. A. Cooper 1956

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 irrupta, Glyptorthis maquoketensis, Glyptorthis marilara, Glyptorthis maritima, Glyptorthis multicostellata, Glyptorthis obesa, Glyptorthis papillosa, Glyptorthis plana, Glyptorthis pulchra, 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 116936a, a valve (pedicle valve). Its type locality is Raccoon Valley, 3/4 mile northeast of Fleanor Mill, Powell Station, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Wardell Formation of Tennessee.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (2: Tennessee collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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