Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Full reference: M. A. Stainbrook. 1940. Orthoid brachiopods of the Cedar Valley Limestone of Iowa. American Midland Naturalist 23:482-492
Belongs to Schizophoria according to G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982
See also Stainbrook 1940
Sister taxa: Orthis (Schizophoria) iowensis, Orthis (Schizophoria) subquadrata, Schizophoria (Eoschizophoria), Schizophoria (Rhenoschizophoria), Schizophoria (Schizophoria), Schizophoria amanaensis, Schizophoria annanaensis, Schizophoria chouteauensis, Schizophoria depressa, Schizophoria fragilis, Schizophoria kintaensis, Schizophoria kutsingensis, Schizophoria nevadaensis, Schizophoria paraprima, Schizophoria parenteletiformis, Schizophoria peculiaris, Schizophoria poststriatula, Schizophoria resupinata, Schizophoria rhomboidalis, Schizophoria striatula, Schizophoria striatula, Schizophoria sulcata, Schizophoria supracarbonica, Schizophoria swallowi, Schizophoria tani, Schizophoria upensis, Schizophoria verulamensis, Schizophoria vulvaria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Ireland (1 collection)
• Devonian of Canada (22: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, Northwest Territories), United States (16: Iowa, New Mexico, Wisconsin)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
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