†Asturorthis Villas and Cocks 1996 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Cathaysiorthidae
Full reference: E. Villas and L. R. M. Cocks. 1996. The first early Silurian brachiopod fauna from the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Paleontology 70(4):571-588
Parent taxon: Cathaysiorthidae according to J. Rong et al. 2013
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Villas and Cocks 1996
Sister taxa: Cathaysiorthis, Wulongella
Subtaxa: Asturorthis sarreoensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Asturian coast, El Castro Fm. (Viodo Limestone Mbr.), Asturias, Spain (Silurian of Spain)
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