†family Dinorthidae Schuchert and Cooper 1931 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dinorthidae
Parent taxon: Orthacea according to A. D. Wright 1964
See also Alikhova 1953 and Oraspold 1959
Sister taxa: Anomalorthidae, Archaeorthidae, Bajanorthis, Bohemiellidae, Cathaysiorthidae, Glyptorthidae, Hesperonomiidae, Hesperorthidae, Lycophoriidae, Malinella, Nugnecella, Orthidae, Orthidiellidae, Ottadalenites, Plaesiomyidae, Poramborthidae, Productorthidae, Skenidioidae, Tarfayidae, Turarella, Whittardiidae, Zhejiangorthis, Dolerorthidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dinorthidae in the database