| Source Data | |
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| Rank | subfamily (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dolerorthidae : Hesperorthinae |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Hesperorthinae | subfamily | belongs to Orthacea | stated with evidence | Opik, 1934 | | Hesperorthinae | subfamily | belongs to Hesperorthidae | stated with evidence | Wright, 1964 | | Hesperorthinae | subfamily | belongs to Dolerorthidae | stated without evidence | Bassett and Cocks, 1974 | | Hesperorthinae | subfamily | belongs to Dolerorthidae | stated with evidence | Mitchell, 1977 | | Hesperorthinae | subfamily | belongs to Hesperorthidae | stated with evidence | Zhang, 1989 | | Hesperorthinae | subfamily | belongs to Dolerorthidae | stated without evidence | Potter, 1990 | | Hesperorthinae | subfamily | belongs to Hesperorthidae | stated without evidence | Villas and Cocks, 1996 | | Hesperorthinae | subfamily | belongs to Dolerorthidae | stated with evidence | Jin and Chatterton, 1997 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Orthida) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Orthida) |
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| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | N. Zhang. 1989. Wenlockian (Silurian) brachiopods of the Cape Phillips Formation, Baillie Hamilton Island, Arctic Canada: part I. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 206(1-3):49-97 |
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| Zhang N. (1989) Wenlockian (Silurian) brachiopods of the Cape Phillips Formation, Baillie Hamilton Island, Arctic Canada: part I, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 206 1-3, 49-97 |
| Opik A. (1934) Über Klitamboniten, Publications of the Geological Institution of the University of Tartu 39, 1-240 |
| Wright A. D. (1964) The Fauna of the Potrane Limestone, II, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 9 6, 157-256 |
| 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 |
| Potter A. W. (1990) Middle and Late Ordovician brachiopods from the eastern Klamath Mountains, northern California, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 212 1-6, 31-158 |
| Villas E., Cocks L. R. M. (1996) The first early Silurian brachiopod fauna from the Iberian Peninsula, Journal of Paleontology 70 4, 571-588 |
| 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 |
Hesperorthinae ✝
