Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Full reference: C. H. Crickmay. 1933. Attempt to Zone the North American Jurassic on the Basis of its Brachiopods. Geological Society America Bulletin 44:871-894
Belongs to Ornithella according to C. H. Crickmay 1933
Sister taxa: Ornithella (Delmontanella), Ornithella blumbergensis, Ornithella boxensis, Ornithella curticensis, Ornithella digonoides, Ornithella douvillei, Ornithella expolita, Ornithella gemina, Ornithella jomdaensis, Ornithella longa, Ornithella moeschi, Ornithella pseudolagenalis, Ornithella sichuanensis, Ornithella skidegatensis, Microthyridina farquharsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ravine 35 (trigona zone, 4100 ft), southwest slope of Mount Jura, which is in a Discites marine sandstone in the Mormon Formation of California
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ravine 35 (trigona zone, 4100 ft), southwest slope of Mount Jura
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