Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper. 1936. New genera and species of Ozarkian and Canadian brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 10(7):616-631
Parent taxon: Plectorthidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Benedetto 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Sister taxa: Apollonorthis, Ashinaorthis, Atlantida, Corineorthis, Doleroides, Hebertella, Irhirea, Lipanorthis, Mimella, Nanorthis, Oligorthis, Orthostrophiinae, Paterorthis, Platystrophiinae, Platystrophinae, Plectorthinae, Plectorthis, Pseudomimella, Schizophorella, Severginella, Weberorthis
Subtaxa: Desmorthis bifurcata Desmorthis crassus Desmorthis nevadensis Desmorthis planus Desmorthis segnis
Type: Desmorthis nevadensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (19: California, Nevada, Oklahoma collections)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), Bolivia (3), China (7), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Arenigian of Argentina (2)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut), China (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (8: California, Georgia, Nevada)
Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence
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