Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Alternative combinations: Orthis pecosi, Orthis pecosii
Full reference: J. Marcou. 1858. Geology of North America with two reports on the Prairies of Arkansas and Texas, the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, and the Sierra Nevada of California 1-144
Belongs to Rhipidomella according to Z. Q. Chen and G. R. Shi 2006
See also Girty 1915, Hoare 1961, Keidel 1906, Schellwien 1892, Tschernyschew 1902, Waagen 1884, White 1884 and Yanagida 1967
Sister taxa: Rhipidomella acutisulcata, Rhipidomella burlingtonensis, Rhipidomella carbonaria, 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 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 China (1 collection), Pakistan (1), Thailand (1)
• Carboniferous of Italy (1), United States (8: Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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