Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Full reference: A. Opik. 1934. Über Klitamboniten. Publications of the Geological Institution of the University of Tartu 39:1-240
Parent taxon: Hesperorthidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Oraspold 1959 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dolerorthis, Flabellitesia, Hesperorthis, Lordorthis, Paradolerorthis, Ptychopleurella, Schizonema
Subtaxa: Barbarorthis foramenifera Barbarorthis foraminifera Barbarorthis laurentina Barbarorthis porkuniensis
Type: Barbarorthis foraminifera
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (18: Quebec collections), Estonia (8), Latvia (4), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
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