Multicostella platys Billings 1859

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae

Alternative combinations: Dinorthis platys, Orthis platys, Plaesiomys platys

Belongs to Multicostella according to G. A. Cooper 1956

See also Billings 1859 and Schuchert 1897

Sister taxa: Multicostella plena, Multicostella rectangulata

Type specimen: G.S.C1034, a shell.

Distribution:

• Chazyan of Canada (7: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (46: New York, Tennessee)

• Ordovician of United States (20: Virginia)

Total: 73 collections each including a single occurrence

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