Archaeorthis altaica Rozman and Severgina 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Archaeorthidae

Full reference: K.h. S. Rozman and L. G. Severgina. 1983. Llandeylovskiye brakhiopodovye kompleksy Mongolskogo i Gornogo Altaya. Llandeilian brachiopods assemblages of Mongolian and Gorny Altai. Trudy - Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 20:14-25

Belongs to Archaeorthis according to Kh. S. Rozman and L. G. Severgina 1983

Sister taxa: Archaeorthis christianiae, Archaeorthis costellata, Archaeorthis electra, Archaeorthis elongata, Archaeorthis globosa, Archaeorthis groenlandica, Archaeorthis major, Archaeorthis subcarinata, Archaeorthis wimani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Llandeilian brachiopods of Gorny Altai, Lebed' Riverbasin, Salasan Creek, which is in a Darriwilian marine sandstone/claystone in the Bugryshikha Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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