Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Ptychopleurella according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Ptychopleurella aleksandrovae, Ptychopleurella angulaticostata, Ptychopleurella arthuri, Ptychopleurella bouchardi, Ptychopleurella decretoria, Ptychopleurella emarginata, Ptychopleurella erecta, Ptychopleurella kleinhamplei, Ptychopleurella lamellosa, Ptychopleurella lapworthi, Ptychopleurella lenzi, Ptychopleurella multicostata, Ptychopleurella oklahomensis, Ptychopleurella pirguensis, Ptychopleurella porcia, Ptychopleurella rectangulata, Ptychopleurella separata, Ptychopleurella sulcata, Ptychopleurella transversa, Ptychopleurella twenhofeli, Ptychopleurella uniplicata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville, which is in an Ashbyan reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (8: California, Virginia collections)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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