Cyrtonotella Schuchert and Cooper 1931 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Archaeorthidae

Parent taxon: Archaeorthidae according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Alikhova 1953, Mitchell 1977, Rubel 1961, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Archaeorthis, Diplonorthis, Nicoloidea, Nothorthis, Pleurorthis, Riograndella, Xinanorthis

Subtaxa: Cyrtonotella grandistriata Cyrtonotella kuckersiana Cyrtonotella nicholsoni Cyrtonotella semicircularis Cyrtonotella subfissicosta Cyrtonotella virginiensis

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Type: Cyrtonotella pakriensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (2: Nevada collections)

• Valaste of Estonia (6), the Russian Federation (2)

• Langevoja of the Russian Federation (1)

• Hunderum of the Russian Federation (1)

• Arenig of Argentina (1)

• Ordovician of Belarus (3), Estonia (12), Latvia (4), Lithuania (5), the Russian Federation (10), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (3: Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 59 collections including 60 occurrences

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