Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Alternative combinations: Hesperorthis decipiens, Orthis decipiens
Full reference: F. B. Phleger, Jr. 1933. Notes on certain Ordovician faunas of the Inyo Mountains, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 32(1):1-21
Belongs to Orthambonites according to R. J., Jr. Ross and H. B. Barnes 1967
See also Cooper 1956 and Phleger 1933
Sister taxa: Orthambonites acutiplicatus, Orthambonites aequalis, Orthambonites angulatus, Orthambonites ardmillanensis, Orthambonites calligramme, Orthambonites dinorthoides, Orthambonites exfoliata, Orthambonites exopunctata, Orthambonites fundata, Orthambonites inaequalis, Orthambonites kreklingensis, Orthambonites majuscula, Orthambonites majusculus, Orthambonites novitas, Orthambonites paucicostatus, Orthambonites proava, Orthambonites transversa, Orthambonites tuvensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Barrel Spring Canyon, which is in a Caradoc shallow subtidal shale in the Barrel Spring Formation of California
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: California collection)
• Ordovician of United States (6: California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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