Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Alternative combination: Orthis calligramma berwynensis
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1938. New Caradocian brachiopods from the Berwyn Hills, North Wales. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) 2:241-259
Belongs to Dinorthis according to A. Williams 1963
See also Whittington 1938
Sister taxa: Dinorthis (Pionorthis), Dinorthis (Retrorsirostra), Dinorthis anticostiensis, Dinorthis atavoides, Dinorthis beiguoshanensis, Dinorthis carleyi, Dinorthis carrickensis, Dinorthis flabellulum, Dinorthis hadra, Dinorthis holdeni, Dinorthis holdenoides, Dinorthis interstriata, Dinorthis meedsi, Dinorthis occidentalis, Dinorthis pectinella, Dinorthis subplicatella, Dinorthis sweeneyi, Dinorthis taukensis, Dinorthis transversa, Dinorthis venusta, Orthis (Dinorthis) meedsi
Subtaxa: Dinorthis berwynensis angusta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (15 collections)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
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