Glyptorthis glaseri Alberstadt 1973 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae

Full reference: L. P. Alberstadt. 1973. Articulate brachiopods of the Viola Formation (Ordovician) in the Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 117:1-90

Belongs to Glyptorthis according to D. F. Wright and A. L. Stigall 2014

See also Alberstadt 1973

Sister taxa: Glyptorthis alta, Glyptorthis assimilis, Glyptorthis balclatchiensis, Glyptorthis balcletchiensis, Glyptorthis bellarugosa, Glyptorthis bellatula, Glyptorthis cataclina, Glyptorthis costellata, Glyptorthis crenulata, Glyptorthis crispa, Glyptorthis crispata, Glyptorthis daytonensis, Glyptorthis equiconvexa, Glyptorthis fausta, Glyptorthis glypta, Glyptorthis imbrex, Glyptorthis insculpta, Glyptorthis irregularis, Glyptorthis irrupta, Glyptorthis maquoketensis, Glyptorthis marilara, Glyptorthis maritima, Glyptorthis multicostellata, Glyptorthis obesa, Glyptorthis papillosa, Glyptorthis plana, Glyptorthis pulchra, Glyptorthis rocklandensis, Glyptorthis sarcina, Glyptorthis senecta, Glyptorthis splendens, Glyptorthis squamata, Glyptorthis subcircularis, Glyptorthis sulcata, Glyptorthis uncinata, Glyptorthis uniformis, Glyptorthis vidari, Glyptorthis viriosa, Orthis (Glyptorthis) transita

Type specimen: OU 5819, a valve (pedicle valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (3: Oklahoma collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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