Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Full reference: I. Percival. 1991. Late Ordovician articulate brachiopods from central New South Wales, Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 11:107-177
Belongs to Dinorthis according to I. Percival 1991
Sister taxa: Dinorthis (Pionorthis), Dinorthis (Retrorsirostra), Dinorthis anticostiensis, Dinorthis atavoides, Dinorthis beiguoshanensis, Dinorthis berwynensis, Dinorthis carleyi, Dinorthis carrickensis, Dinorthis flabellulum, Dinorthis holdeni, Dinorthis holdenoides, Dinorthis interstriata, Dinorthis meedsi, Dinorthis occidentalis, Dinorthis pectinella, Dinorthis subplicatella, Dinorthis sweeneyi, Dinorthis taukensis, Dinorthis transversa, Dinorthis venusta, Orthis (Dinorthis) meedsi
Type specimen: Its type locality is L132. Fossil Hill, near Cliefden Caves, which is in an Eastonian shallow subtidal sandstone/limestone in the Fossil Hill Limestone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (10 collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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