Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Alternative spelling: Orthis (Platystrophia)
Full reference: W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society 1-253
Parent taxon: Platystrophiidae according to M. Liljeroth et al. 2017
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Howe 1988, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Macomber 1970, Meek 1873, Mitchell 1977, Neuman 1964, Oraspold 1956, Oraspold 1959, Rubel 1961, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000, Zuykov 1999, Zuykov and Egerquist 2005 and Zuykov and Harper 2007
Sister taxa: Acanthorthis, Ffynnonia, Gnamptorhynchos, Mcewanella, Neoplatystrophia, Salacorthis, Siljanostrophia, Vinlandostrophia
Subtaxa: Orthis (Platystrophia) cypha Orthis (Platystrophia) laticosta Platystrophia acutilirata Platystrophia amoena Platystrophia anomala Platystrophia baltica Platystrophia biforatus Platystrophia caelata Platystrophia chama Platystrophia clarksvillensis Platystrophia colbiensis Platystrophia costata Platystrophia costatus Platystrophia crassa Platystrophia crassoplicata Platystrophia cypha Platystrophia dentata Platystrophia elegantula Platystrophia extensa Platystrophia hongueda Platystrophia humilis Platystrophia inferaplica Platystrophia laticosta Platystrophia lutkevichi Platystrophia orbiculata Platystrophia pogrebovi Platystrophia ponderosa Platystrophia profundosulcata Platystrophia putilovensis Platystrophia quadriplicata Platystrophia saxbyensis Platystrophia scotica Platystrophia tenuicosta Platystrophia tenuicostata Platystrophia tramorensis Platystrophia trentonensis
Type: Terebratulites biforatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Belarus (1 collection), Canada (8: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec), Jordan (1), Sweden (7), the United Kingdom (2), United States (54: Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, New York, Wisconsin)
• Uhaku of Belarus (1), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada)
• Volkhov of Estonia (2), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (13)
• Hunderum of the Russian Federation (2)
• Valaste of Estonia (2)
• Arenigian of United States (1: Maine)
• Arenig of Argentina (2)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: New Brunswick)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Belarus (7), Belgium (9), Canada (54: British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (4), Estonia (67), Ireland (5), Latvia (7), Lithuania (29), the Netherlands (2), Norway (17), the Russian Federation (13), Spain (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (31), United States (708: California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
Total: 1063 collections including 1336 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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