Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Hesperorthis according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Hesperorthis antelopensis, Hesperorthis avalanchensis, Hesperorthis barbata, Hesperorthis benjaminensis, Hesperorthis biconvexa, Hesperorthis costalis, Hesperorthis craigensis, Hesperorthis davidsoni, Hesperorthis dubia, Hesperorthis gotlandica, Hesperorthis hillistensis, Hesperorthis ignicula, Hesperorthis latecostata, Hesperorthis laurentina, Hesperorthis leinsterensis, Hesperorthis longirostroides, Hesperorthis martinssoni, Hesperorthis matutina, Hesperorthis mucronata, Hesperorthis onniensis, Hesperorthis pyramidalis, Hesperorthis rae, Hesperorthis sulcata, Hesperorthis tricenaria
Subtaxa: Hesperorthis australis exitis
Type specimen: USNM 109927a, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (16 collections), the United Kingdom (7), United States (3: Tennessee)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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