Orthidium barnesi Ross 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidiellidae

Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1970. Ordovician Brachiopods, Trilobites, and Stratigraphy in Eastern and Central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 639:1-99

Belongs to Orthidium according to R. J., Jr. Ross 1970

Sister taxa: Orthidium bellulum, Orthidium gemmiculum, Orthidium lamellosa, Orthidium lamellosum, Orthidium prominens

Type specimen: Its type locality is D1441 CO, which is in a Rangerian shallow subtidal limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at D1441 CO

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