†Lordorthis variabilis Ross 1959 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Full reference: R. J. Ross. 1959. Brachiopod fauna of Saturday Mountain Formation Southern Lemhi Range Idaho. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 294-L:441-461
Belongs to Lordorthis according to R. J. Ross 1959
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 133227, a shell. Its type locality is D240 CO. On ridge between Black Canyon and South Creek, just north of divide, which is in a Richmondian carbonate limestone in the Saturday Mountain Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at D240 CO. On ridge between Black Canyon and South Creek, just north of divide
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