Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Alternative combination: Orthis carleyi
Full reference: J. Hall. 1860. New species of fossils from the Hudson-River group of Ohio, and other western states. Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History. State University of New York 13:119-121
Belongs to Dinorthis according to A. F. Foerste 1917
See also Hall 1860, Jin and Zhan 2008 and Schuchert and Cooper 1932
Sister taxa: Dinorthis (Pionorthis), Dinorthis (Retrorsirostra), Dinorthis anticostiensis, Dinorthis atavoides, Dinorthis beiguoshanensis, Dinorthis berwynensis, Dinorthis carrickensis, Dinorthis flabellulum, Dinorthis hadra, Dinorthis holdeni, Dinorthis holdenoides, Dinorthis interstriata, Dinorthis meedsi, Dinorthis occidentalis, Dinorthis pectinella, Dinorthis subplicatella, Dinorthis sweeneyi, Dinorthis taukensis, Dinorthis transversa, Dinorthis venusta, Orthis (Dinorthis) meedsi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Ohio, Tennessee collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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