Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Full reference: N. Zhang. 1989. Wenlockian (Silurian) brachiopods of the Cape Phillips Formation, Baillie Hamilton Island, Arctic Canada: part I. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 206(1-3):49-97
Parent taxon: Hesperorthidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Barbarorthis, Dolerorthis, Hesperorthis, Lordorthis, Paradolerorthis, Ptychopleurella, Schizonema
Subtaxa: Flabellitesia adaia Flabellitesia kessei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whitwellian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections)
• Silurian of Canada (10: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), United States (11: California, Iowa, Nevada, New York)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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