Heterorthina fairmountensis Foerste 1909 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae

Alternative combination: Dalmanella fairmountensis

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1909. Preliminary Notes on Cincinnatian Fossils. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 14(4):289-334

Belongs to Heterorthina according to C. Schuchert and G. A. Cooper 1932

See also Foerste 1909

Sister taxa: Heterorthina cybele, Heterorthina emacerata, Heterorthina kerfornei, Heterorthina macfarlani, Heterorthina praeculta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (12: Ohio collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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