Dolerorthis
Extinct genus of brachiopods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dolerorthis is an extinct genus of hesperorthid brachiopod.[2] The type species of this genus, D. interplicata, was described from the Silurian (Telychian) Osgood Formation (Indiana, United States).[2] Other species belonging to this genus are known from the Ordovician and Silurian of Europe,[3][2][4] Kazakhstan,[5] China[6] and Argentina.[7] It was roughly 4 centimetres (1.6 in) across.
Quick Facts Dolerorthis Temporal range: Silurian, Scientific classification ...
Dolerorthis Temporal range: Silurian | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | Rhynchonellata |
Order: | †Orthida |
Family: | †Hesperorthidae |
Genus: | †Dolerorthis Schuchert & Cooper 1931[1] |
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†Orthis interplicata[1] Foerste, 1909 | |
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