Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Full reference: A. Opik. 1934. Über Klitamboniten. Publications of the Geological Institution of the University of Tartu 39:1-240
Parent taxon: Orthidae according to A. Oraspold 1959
See also Alikhova 1953 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Almadenorthis, Bastamorthis, Diochthofera, Duolobella, Gutiorthis, Lenorthis, Leoniorthis, Orthambonites, Orthinae, Orthis, Orthostrophella, Orthostrophia, Palaeowingella, Paralenorthis, Rogorthis, Sinorthis, Sulcatorthis, Sulevorthis, Suriorthis, Taphrorthis, Trondorthis
Subtaxa: Boreadorthis crassa Boreadorthis recula Boreadorthis sadewitzensis Boreadorthis sadewitziensis Boreadorthis sheehani
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Belarus (1 collection), Belgium (13), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Estonia (27), Latvia (3), Lithuania (15), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (12), the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 81 collections including 86 occurrences
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