Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Full reference: A. L. Stigall Rode. 2005. Systematic revision of the Middle and Late Devonian brachiopods Schizophoria (Schizophoria) and ‘Schuchertella’ from North America. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3(2):133-167
Belongs to Hesperorthis according to A. L. Stigall Rode 2005
Sister taxa: Hesperorthis antelopensis, Hesperorthis australis, Hesperorthis avalanchensis, Hesperorthis barbata, Hesperorthis benjaminensis, Hesperorthis costalis, Hesperorthis craigensis, Hesperorthis davidsoni, Hesperorthis dubia, Hesperorthis gotlandica, Hesperorthis hillistensis, Hesperorthis ignicula, Hesperorthis latecostata, Hesperorthis laurentina, Hesperorthis leinsterensis, Hesperorthis longirostroides, Hesperorthis martinssoni, Hesperorthis matutina, Hesperorthis mucronata, Hesperorthis onniensis, Hesperorthis pyramidalis, Hesperorthis rae, Hesperorthis sulcata, Hesperorthis tricenaria
Type specimen: USNM 109962. Its type locality is 0.5 miles northwest of Eidson, Kyles Ford, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Lincolnshire Formation of Tennessee.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 0.5 miles northwest of Eidson, Kyles Ford
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