Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Glyptorthis according to G. A. Cooper 1956
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 glaseri, 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 splendens, Glyptorthis squamata, Glyptorthis subcircularis, Glyptorthis sulcata, Glyptorthis uncinata, Glyptorthis uniformis, Glyptorthis vidari, Glyptorthis viriosa, Orthis (Glyptorthis) transita
Type specimen: USNM 110070h, a valve (pedicle valve). Its type locality is 5 miles southeast of Rose Hill, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Poteet Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 5 miles southeast of Rose Hill
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