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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4870359	https://www.gbif.org/species/4870359
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26743	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26743

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Hesperorthidae : Dolerorthis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Orthidina	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamily	Orthoidea	Woodward 1852
family	Hesperorthidae	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
genus	Dolerorthis	Schuchert & Cooper 1931

Scientific Name

Dolerorthis Schuchert & Cooper, 1931

Name Published In

Amer. J. Sci., (5) 22

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dolerorthis	genus	belongs to Dolerorthidae	stated with evidence	Wright, 1964
Dolerorthis	genus	belongs to Dolerorthinae	stated without evidence	Bassett and Cocks, 1974
Dolerorthis	genus	belongs to Dolerorthinae	stated with evidence	Mitchell, 1977
Dolerorthis	genus	belongs to Hesperorthidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Dolerorthis	genus	belongs to Orthida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Dolerorthis	genus	belongs to Hesperorthidae	stated with evidence	Rubel, 2011
Dolerorthis	genus	misspelling of Dolerorthis	stated with evidence	Rubel, 2011
Dolerorthis	genus	belongs to Hesperorthidae	stated with evidence	Paškevičius and Hints, 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

411 - 392 Ma
Devonian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Orthida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Orthida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).

Taphonomy

minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dolerorthis birchensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dolerorthis duftonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dolerorthis flabellites ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		31	443 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Dolerorthis hobbstownensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dolerorthis inaequicostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dolerorthis intercostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dolerorthis interplicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Dolerorthis multicostellata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Dolerorthis nadruvensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dolerorthis nanella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dolerorthis plicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	443 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Dolerorthis praeclara ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dolerorthis pristina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dolerorthis psygma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Dolerorthis rankini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dolerorthis rustica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		22	443 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Dolerorthis savagei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	443 Ma Silurian
Dolerorthis sowerbyana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dolerorthis sowerbyiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		59	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	441 Ma Silurian
Munhella cummingi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Orthis flabellites species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthis rustica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1931	Dolerorthis Schuchert and Cooper
1964	Dolerorthis Wright
1967	Altaeorthis Severgina
1971	Munhella Neuman p. 117
1974	Dolerorthis Bassett and Cocks
1977	Dolerorthis Mitchell
1997	Dolerorthis Jin and Chatterton

Year	Name and Author
2000	Dolerorthis Williams et al. p. 740
2002	Altaeorthis Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Dolerorthis Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Munhella Sepkoski, Jr.
2011	Dolerorthis Rubel
2016	Dolerorthis Paškevi?ius and Hints

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Wright A. D. (1964) The Fauna of the Potrane Limestone, II, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 9 6, 157-256

Neuman R. B. (1971) An early middle Ordovician brachiopod assemblage from Maine, New Brunswick and northern Newfoundland, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 3, 113-124

Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56

Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138

Jin J., Chatterton B. D. E. (1997) Latest Ordovician-Silurian articulate brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Avalanche Lake area, southwestern District of Mackenzie, Canada, Palaeontographica Canadiana 13, 1-62

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Rubel M. (2011) Silurian brachiopods Dictyonellida, Strophomenida, Productida, Orthotetida, Protorthida and Orthida from Estonia, Fossilia Baltica 4, 1-65

Paškevičius J., Hints L. (2016) New Early Katian species of Leptestiidae and Hesperorthidae (Brachiopoda) from Lithuania, Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 65 2, 75-84

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Amer. J. Sci., (5) 22 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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