†Paurorthis longa Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae

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

Belongs to Paurorthis according to A. Williams 1962

See also Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Paurorthis fasciculata, Paurorthis inflata, Paurorthis inopinatus, Paurorthis minima, Paurorthis parva, Paurorthis resima, Paurorthis savalaensis, Paurorthis valida

Type specimen: USNM 117282b, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of United States (2: Tennessee collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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