Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Alternative spelling: Dolelrorthis
Synonyms: Altaeorthis Severgina 1967, Munhella Neuman 1971
Parent taxon: Hesperorthidae according to J. Paškevičius and L. Hints 2016
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Mitchell 1977, Popov et al. 2001, Rubel 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1964
Sister taxa: Barbarorthis, Flabellitesia, Hesperorthis, Lordorthis, Paradolerorthis, Ptychopleurella, Schizonema
Subtaxa: Dolerorthis duftonensis Dolerorthis flabellites Dolerorthis inaequicostata Dolerorthis intercostata Dolerorthis interplicata Dolerorthis multicostellata Dolerorthis nadruvensis Dolerorthis plicata Dolerorthis praeclara Dolerorthis pristina Dolerorthis psygma Dolerorthis rankini Dolerorthis rustica Dolerorthis savagei Dolerorthis sowerbyana Dolerorthis sowerbyiana Munhella cummingi
Type: Orthis interplicata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (6 collections), Canada (11: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), China (4), United States (3: Nevada, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania)
• Jaani of Estonia (19), Lithuania (3)
• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec)
• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1)
• Silurian of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Belarus (4), Canada (35: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Québec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (6), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (5), Greenland (2), Iran (1), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (8), Lithuania (10), Norway (37), Sweden (9), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (58), United States (75: Arkansas, California, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin), Venezuela (2)
• Dobrotivian of France (1)
• Fennian of Canada (1: New Brunswick)
• Arenig of Canada (1: New Brunswick)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Norway (1)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), China (9), France (2), Ireland (6), Kazakhstan (12), Lithuania (8), Norway (18), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Sweden (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (51), United States (6: Missouri, Oklahoma)
Total: 431 collections including 455 occurrences
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