Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Full reference: I. Percival. 1991. Late Ordovician articulate brachiopods from central New South Wales, Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 11:107-177
Belongs to Plectorthis according to I. Percival 1991
Sister taxa: Orthis (Plectorthis) atava, Orthis (Plectorthis) christianiae, Orthis (Plectorthis) daunus, Orthis (Plectorthis) desmopleura, Orthis (Plectorthis) diablo, Orthis (Plectorthis) doris, Orthis (Plectorthis) hastingsensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) iddingsi, Orthis (Plectorthis) johannensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) kayseri, Orthis (Plectorthis) linnarssoni, Orthis (Plectorthis) newtonensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) pagoda, Orthis (Plectorthis) papias, Orthis (Plectorthis) retroflexa, Orthis (Plectorthis) saltensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) tullbergi, Plectorthis altaicus, Plectorthis australis, Plectorthis burultasica, Plectorthis exfoliata, Plectorthis licta, Plectorthis magna, Plectorthis mazourkaensis, Plectorthis obesa, Plectorthis patula, Plectorthis perditosulcata, Plectorthis plicatella, Plectorthis ponderosa, Plectorthis punctata, Plectorthis scotica
Type specimen: Its type locality is L134. East of Fossil Hill, near Cliefden Caves, which is in an Eastonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Fossil Hill Limestone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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