Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Nanorthidae
Full reference: V. Jaanusson and M. G. Bassett. 1993. Orthambonites and related Ordovician brachiopod genera. Palaeontology 36(1):21-63
Parent taxon: Nanorthidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Jaanusson and Bassett 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Gondwanorthis, Lampazarorthis, Notorthisina
Subtaxa: Shoshonorthis dinorthides Shoshonorthis michaelis Shoshonorthis ovata Shoshonorthis perplexus Shoshonorthis subconvexus Shoshonorthis swanensis Shoshonorthis tifletensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (13: Nevada, Utah collections)
• Ordovician of United States (12: Utah)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences
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