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Orithopsis
Taxonomy
Orithopsis was named by Carter (1872). Its type is Orithopsis bonneyi. It is the type genus of Orithopsidae.
It was assigned to Necrocarcinidae by Collins (2002); and to Orithopsidae by Schweitzer et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), van Bakel et al. (2012), Karasawa et al. (2014), Schweitzer et al. (2016), Schweitzer et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Necrocarcinidae by Collins (2002); and to Orithopsidae by Schweitzer et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), van Bakel et al. (2012), Karasawa et al. (2014), Schweitzer et al. (2016), Schweitzer et al. (2018).
Species
O. angelicus, O. bonneyi (type species), O. isericus, O. siouxensis, O. tricarinata, O. tricarinatus