Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Hesperorthis according to R. J., Jr. Ross 1970
See also Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Hesperorthis antelopensis, Hesperorthis australis, Hesperorthis avalanchensis, Hesperorthis barbata, Hesperorthis benjaminensis, Hesperorthis biconvexa, 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 mucronata, Hesperorthis onniensis, Hesperorthis pyramidalis, Hesperorthis rae, Hesperorthis sulcata, Hesperorthis tricenaria
Type specimen: USNM 109975b
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (4: Nevada collections)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Nevada)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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