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Orthis (Orusia)
Taxonomy
Orthis (Orusia) was named by Walcott (1905). Its type is Anomites lenticularis.
It was reranked as Orusia by Walcott (1912), Henningsmoen (1958), Williams et al. (2000), Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Orthis by Walcott (1905); to Billingsellidae by Walcott (1912), Henningsmoen (1958); to Finkelnburgiidae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Orthida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Orusia by Walcott (1912), Henningsmoen (1958), Williams et al. (2000), Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Orthis by Walcott (1905); to Billingsellidae by Walcott (1912), Henningsmoen (1958); to Finkelnburgiidae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Orthida by Sepkoski (2002).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1905 | Orthis (Orusia) Walcott p. 273 |
| 1912 | Orusia Walcott p. 765 |
| 1958 | Orusia Henningsmoen |
| 2000 | Orusia Williams et al. p. 771 |
| 2002 | Orusia Sepkoski |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available