Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Full reference: C. W. Pitrat. 1975. Orthospirifer new genus of Devonian spinocyrtiid brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 49(2):387-394
Parent taxon: Spinocyrtiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Pitrat 1975
Sister taxa: Acutoria, Alatiformia, Carpinaria, Duryeella, Eosyringothyris, Incertia, Mediospirifer, Platyrachella, Spinocyrtia, Subcuspidella
Subtaxa: Orthospirifer mesastrialis Orthospirifer missouriensis
Type: Orthospirifer missouriensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of France (1 collection), United States (1: Missouri)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (3), Canada (1: Ontario), United States (122: Illinois, Iowa, New York, Wisconsin), Venezuela (2)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
Total: 131 collections including 136 occurrences
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