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Dinorthis

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Dinorthis Hall and Clarke
1917Orthis (Dinorthis) Reed p. 837
1953Dinorthis Alikhova
1959Dinorthis Oraspold
1970Dinorthis Macomber
1984Plaesiomys (Dinorthis) Klenina
2000Dinorthis Popov et al.
2000Dinorthis Williams et al. p. 747
2002Dinorthis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyOrthoideaWoodward 1852
familyPlaesiomyidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyPlaesiomyinaeSchuchert 1913
genusDinorthisHall and Clarke 1892

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Dinorthis Hall and Clarke 1892
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Subg. †Dinorthis (Pionorthis) Schuchert and Cooper 1932
Subg. †Dinorthis (Retrorsirostra) Schuchert and Cooper 1932
†Dinorthis anticostiensis Shaler 1865
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Invalid names: Orthis porcata Shaler 1865 [replaced]
†Dinorthis atavoides Willard 1928
†Dinorthis berwynensis Whittington 1938
†Dinorthis carleyi Hall 1860
†Dinorthis flabellulum Sowerby and Murchison 1839
†Dinorthis hadra Percival 1991
†Dinorthis holdeni Willard 1928
†Dinorthis holdenoides Laurie 1991
†Dinorthis interstriata Willard 1928
†Dinorthis meedsi Winchell and Schuchert 1892
†Dinorthis meedsi arctica Schuchert 1900
†Dinorthis occidentalis Okulitch 1943
†Dinorthis pectinella Emmons 1842
†Dinorthis sweeneyi Winchell 1881
†Dinorthis taukensis Nikitin et al. 2003
†Dinorthis transversa Willard 1928
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Invalid names: Dinorthis quadriplicata Willard 1928 [synonym]
†Dinorthis venusta Cooper 1956
†Orthis (Dinorthis) meedsi Winchell and Schuchert 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: Attached, epifaunal suspension feeder (McKerrow, 1979)g
Created: 2009-04-11 13:27:11
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:45:10
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Llanvirn to the top of the Ludfordian or 468.00000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (259 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia D. obispoensis (197270) D. sp. (8845 9103)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Guizhou) D. sp. (7362)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Minnesota) D. sp. (10754)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) D. sp. (333 335 430)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (California) D. sp. (196188)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Virginia) D. holdeni (186172) D. willardi (7093)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Tennessee) D. venusta (219960 219961)
Chazyan - Blackriveran470.0 - 449.6USA (Virginia) D. willardi (6991)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4USA (Virginia) D. sp., D. atavoides (33444 33445 33446 33447 33448)
Costonian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Argentina D. sp. (8889)
Costonian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) D. berwynensis (188594)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) D. sp. (2703 2708)
Harnagian458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) D. berwynensis (43635)
Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (England) D. berwynensis (3302 3303)
Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) D. berwynensis (3301 43636 43637 43639 188588 188589 188593) D. berwynensis, D. angusta (192387) D. sp. (3362)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) D. sp. (3368)
Gisbornian458.4 - 452.7Australia (New South Wales) D. sp. (119707)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Bolivia D. sp. (8848 8855)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Bolivia (Capinota) D. flabellulum (8851)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Wisconsin) D. sp. (55472)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (25319 25320 25321)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5United Kingdom (England ) D. sp. (434)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Argentina (San Juan) D. sp. (13513)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Kazakhstan D. kassini (116259 116260 116309)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Georgia) D. atavoides (32880 32881 32882 33065) D. sp. (33182 33186 33188)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) D. atavoides (33454 33455 33525 33526 33528) D. interstriata, D. quadriplicata (34007 34028 34029 34030 34031 34032 34152 34153 34167 34168 34169) D. sp. (326 327 33538 50611 50632 50633 50642 85661 85662 85664 85666 85667 85668 85669) D. transversa (37904)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) D. pectinella (26276) D. sp. (336)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (QingHai) D. sp. (23601)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Bolivia (Chayanta) D. flabellulum (8852)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Nevada) D. sp. (320 419 420)
Soudleyan - Onnian458.4 - 449.5China (GanSu) D. sp. (8545)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Northwest Territories) D. colombia (25435)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7China (XinJiang) D. sp. (20785)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) D. pectinella (100128)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) D. pectinella (5347)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) D. meedsi (26191 184970)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (British Columbia) Plaesiomys meedsi (35426 192181 192184) Plaesiomys meedsi, D. holdeni (192177 192182)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Tennessee) D. sp. (86085 86086 86106 86111 86130 86141 86191 86194 86199 86202)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) D. sp. (86063 86071)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) D. atavoides (219873) D. transversoides (219959)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) D. atavoides (105245 203254) D. interstriata, D. quadriplicata (33995 33996 33997) D. interstriata, D. transversa, D. quadriplicata (33938 33980 33981 33982 33983 33984)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Pennsylvania) D. transversa (162391)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Plaesiomys meedsi (23797 23798)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. pectinella, Plaesiomys meedsi, D. sweeneyi (219962) D. sweeneyi (219964 219965)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Wisconsin) D. sp. (81283)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. pectinella, Plaesiomys meedsi (23290) Plaesiomys meedsi (23277)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) D. pectinella (26272)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) D. pectinella, Plaesiomys meedsi (23799 23800 23801) Plaesiomys meedsi (23803 23804 23805 23806)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (25313 25314 25315 25316 25317 25318)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. pectinella, Plaesiomys meedsi (23278) Plaesiomys meedsi (23279)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (California) D. atavoides (219389)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) D. sp. (330)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (26940 26941) Plaesiomys sp. (26944 26949)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Walers) D. flabellulum, D. berwynensis (3304)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) D. berwynensis (43640) D. flabellulum, D. berwynensis (192388)
Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) D. sp. (3305 192390)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5Peru D. flabellulum (167134)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) D. sp., Orthambonites subplicatellus (165050) Orthambonites subplicatellus (165043 165048 165049)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5Norway (Oslo) D. flabellulum (3253)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) D. browni, D. calderi, D. pectinella (26270) D. browni, D. pervetus, D. pectinella (26269) D. calderi, D. ottawaensis, D. pectinella (26277) D. meedsi (185002 185268) D. pectinella (26267 26268 26271) D. pectinella, D. meedsi (26263)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) D. sp. (433)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Orthis meedsi (24116)
Onnian453.0 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) D. sp. (26238)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Kazakhstan D. taukensis (161988 161989 161990 162026 162027)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Australia (Tasmania) D. holdenoides (167180 167182)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) D. hadra (2699 2702 2725 2726 2727 2745 2751 64562 166834 166835) D. sp. (2648 2730 2752)
Cheneyan452.5 - 451.3United Kingdom (Scotland) D. carrickensis (164412)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Plaesiomys meedsi (23807)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Plaesiomys meedsi (23280)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) D. pectinella (26294) D. sp., D. meedsi (26293)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Nunavut) Plaesiomys meedsi (24120)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Plaesiomys meedsi (23282)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) D. occidentalis (34813 166398)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) D. carleyi (5390) D. retrorsa (5391)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Wyoming) D. occidentalis (35350 35351)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Wyoming) D. occidentalis (13497 65239)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (188769 188770)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Nevada) Pionorthis occidentalis (78053)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) D. sp. (169387)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) D. carleyi (5326)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) D. occidentalis (166380 166389 166392 166393 166394 166395 166396 166397 166400 166408 166464 166465 166500 166504 166635 166636 192101)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) Plaesiomys occidentalis (23011 23013 23014 23018 23024)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (43751)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (XinJiang) D. sp. (20784)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Nevada) Pionorthis occidentalis (359)
Cautleyan - Hirnantian449.2 - 443.4China (GanSu) D. sp. (8569)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) D. sp. (185206)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) D. sp. (365)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) D. rigida (13603)
Gorstian - Ludfordian427.4 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) D. rigida (13617)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) D. rigida (13616 13618 13619 70432)