Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Paurorthis according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Cooper 1956 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Paurorthis inflata, Paurorthis inopinatus, Paurorthis longa, Paurorthis minima, Paurorthis parva, Paurorthis resima, Paurorthis savalaensis, Paurorthis valida
Type specimen: USNM 117280a, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (1: Alabama)
• Llandeilo of the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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