{"id":4419,"date":"2014-01-07T19:13:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T00:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4419"},"modified":"2016-06-02T17:53:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T21:53:24","slug":"heterorthidae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/brachiopoda\/rhynchonellata\/orthida\/heterorthidae\/","title":{"rendered":"Heterorthidae"},"content":{"rendered":"
Classification<\/strong> Geologic Range<\/strong> Common Paleoecology<\/strong> Description of the Family<\/strong><\/p>\n Boucot et al.<\/em>(1965):<\/p>\n [\/accordion] [\/accordions]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nPhylum:\u00a0Brachiopoda<\/a>
\nClass:\u00a0Rhynchonellata<\/a>
\nOrder:\u00a0Orthida<\/a>
\nFamily: Heterorthidae (Schuchert & Cooper, 1931)
\nCincinnatian Genus: Heterorthina<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nEarly Ordovician – Middle Silurian<\/p>\n
\nHeterorthidae is an extinct genus of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.<\/p>\n\n
\nTreatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Vol. 3 (2000)<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n
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