Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Parent taxon: Cyrtodontidae according to W. Kiessling 2003
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyrtodonta, Cyrtodontinae, Cyrtodontula, Daliella, Dickinsartella, Heikea, Macrodesma, Matheria, Pharcidoconcha, Ptychodesmatinae, Sowteria, Thorslundia, Vanuxemia, Vigorniella, Warburgia, Yonginella
Subtaxa: Ortonella furcata Ortonella gorensis Ortonella hainesi Ortonella stewarti
Type: Ortonella furcata
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of China (1 collection), France (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Ontario), China (7), United States (3: Indiana, Ohio)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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