Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Alternative combination: Eoorthis putillus
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1924. Cambrian and Ozarkian Brachiopoda, Ozarkian Cephalopods and Notostraca. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 67:477-554
Belongs to Nanorthis according to C. Lochman 1966
See also Ulrich and Cooper 1938 and Walcott 1924
Sister taxa: Nanorthis carinata, Nanorthis hamburgensis, Nanorthis purmamarcaensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), the Russian Federation (1), United States (14: Montana, North Dakota)
• Skullrockian of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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