Famatinorthis ponderosus Cooper 1956

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae

Alternative combination: Doleroides ponderosus

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

Belongs to Famatinorthis according to R. B. Neuman 1997

See also Cooper 1956

Sister taxon: Famatinorthis turneri

Type specimen: USNM 98225b, a shell. Its type locality is Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville, which is in an Ashbyan reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.

Distribution: found only at Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville

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