Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Alternative combination: Orthis carbonaria
Full reference: B. F. Shumard and G.C. Swallow. 1858. Descriptions of new fossils from the Coal Measures of Missouri and Kansas. Academy of Science of St. Louis Transactions 1:198-227
Belongs to Rhipidomella according to M. R. Mudge et al. 1962
See also Hoare 1961 and Shumard and Swallow 1858
Sister taxa: Rhipidomella acutisulcata, Rhipidomella burlingtonensis, Rhipidomella caucasica, Rhipidomella cora, Rhipidomella corallina, Rhipidomella cordialis, Rhipidomella diminutiva, Rhipidomella dzhuvankarensis, Rhipidomella fortimuscula, Rhipidomella henryhousensis, Rhipidomella hessensis, Rhipidomella hispidula, Rhipidomella imitatrix, Rhipidomella jerseyensis, Rhipidomella kharaulakhensis, Rhipidomella lyelliana, Rhipidomella magna, Rhipidomella miaolingensis, Rhipidomella michelini, Rhipidomella miscella, Rhipidomella missouriensis, Rhipidomella obesiconcha, Rhipidomella oklahomensis, Rhipidomella orthogonia, Rhipidomella parva, Rhipidomella parvula, Rhipidomella pecosi, Rhipidomella penniana, Rhipidomella perminuta, Rhipidomella pressula, Rhipidomella subcircularis, Rhipidomella subtriangularis, Rhipidomella tenuicostata, Rhipidomella thiemei, Rhipidomella uralica, Rhipidomella vanuxemi, Rhipidomella vediensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (16: California, Kansas, Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (67: Alaska, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 83 collections each including a single occurrence
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