†Diceromyonia Wang 1949 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platyorthidae
Parent taxon: Platyorthidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Howe 1988, Macomber 1970 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Crozonorthis, Eorhipidomella, Marklandella, Platyorthis, Proclinorthis
Subtaxa: Diceromyonia ciona Diceromyonia crassa Diceromyonia storeya Diceromyonia tersa
Type: Orthis tersa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (3: Missouri collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (31: Manitoba, Northwest Territories), United States (25: Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 59 collections each including a single occurrence
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