Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Alternative combination: Eridorthis rocklandensis
Full reference: A. E. Wilson. 1946. Brachiopoda of the Ottawa Formation of the Ottawa - St. Lawrence Lowland. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 8:1-149
Belongs to Glyptorthis according to H.M. Steele and G.W. Sinclair 1971
See also Wilson 1946
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 irregularis, Glyptorthis irrupta, Glyptorthis maquoketensis, Glyptorthis marilara, Glyptorthis maritima, Glyptorthis multicostellata, Glyptorthis obesa, Glyptorthis papillosa, Glyptorthis plana, Glyptorthis pulchra, 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: Its type locality is Wilson Loc 156 Stewart Quarry, 1 mile south of Rockland, which is in a Turinian shallow subtidal limestone in the Watertown Formation of Canada.
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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