Dolerorthis Explained

Dolerorthis is an extinct genus of hesperorthid brachiopod.^[1] The type species of this genus, D. interplicata, was described from the Silurian (Telychian) Osgood Formation (Indiana, United States). Other species belonging to this genus are known from the Ordovician and Silurian of Europe,^{[2] [3]} Kazakhstan,^[4] China^[5] and Argentina.^[6] It was roughly 4cm (02inches) across.

Notes and References

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4. Popov . L. E. . Cocks . L. R. M. . Nikitin . I. F. . 2002 . Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Anderken Formation, Kazakhstan: their ecology and systematics . Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series . 58 . 1 . 13–79 . 10.1017/S0968046202000025 .
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6. Benedetto . J. L. . Cocks . L. R. . 2009 . Early Silurian (Rhuddanian) brachiopods from the Argentine Precordillera and their biogeographic affinities . Ameghiniana . 46 . 2 . 241–253 .