Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Dinorthis according to D. F. Wright and A. L. Stigall 2013
See also Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Dinorthis (Pionorthis), Dinorthis (Retrorsirostra), Dinorthis anticostiensis, Dinorthis atavoides, Dinorthis beiguoshanensis, Dinorthis berwynensis, 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, Orthis (Dinorthis) meedsi
Type specimen: USNM 110341b. Its type locality is 2 miles southeast of Kiser, Meadow, which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Red Knobs Formation of Tennessee.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (2: Tennessee collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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