# Orthidae

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{{Short description|Family of brachiopods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Ordovician|Early Devonian}}
| display_parents = 2
| taxon  = Orthidae
| authority = Woodward, 1852
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}

The '''Orthidae''' are a family of [brachiopod](/source/brachiopod)s that belong in the order [Orthida](/source/Orthida). They range from the [Early Ordovician](/source/Early_Ordovician) to the [Early Devonian](/source/Early_Devonian). This family includes the genus ''[Orthis](/source/Orthis)'', which is the namesake of this family, as well as the order Orthida.

== Fossil record ==
Originated in the Early Ordovician, the Orthids sported high diversity throughout the Ordovician period. In the Early Silurian, their abundance noticeably dropped, but they slowly recovered until their demise at the end of the [Lochkovian](/source/Lochkovian) of the Early Devonian.<ref name=":0">{{TreatiseH}}</ref>

Orthids are known from many regions, including [North America](/source/North_America), [Russia](/source/Russia), [China](/source/China), [Europe](/source/Europe), [Australia](/source/Australia), and [South America](/source/South_America). Some genera, such as ''[Paralenorthis](/source/Paralenorthis)'', show cosmopolitan distribution.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Reyes-Abril |first=Jaime |last2=Villas |first2=Enrique |last3=Carlos Gutiérrez-Marco |first3=Juan |date=2010 |title=Orthid Brachiopods from the Middle Ordovician of the Central Iberian Zone, Spain |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app20090032.html |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |language=en |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=285–308 |doi=10.4202/app.2009.0032 |issn=0567-7920|hdl=10261/30627 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

== Genera ==
The family consists of the following genera:<ref name=":0" />{{Div col}}
* ''Almadenorthis''<ref name=":1" />
* ''Diochthofera''
* ''Gutiorthis''<ref name=":1" />
* ''Orthambonites''
* ''[Orthis](/source/Orthis)''
* ''Orthokopis''
* ''Orthostrophella''
* ''Orthostrophia''
* ''[Paralenorthis](/source/Paralenorthis)''
* ''[Sinorthis](/source/Sinorthis)''
* ''Sivorthis''
* ''Sulcatorthis''
* ''Sulevorthis''
* ''Taphrorthis''
* ''Trondorthis''
{{Div col end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Orthida
Category:Brachiopod families
Category:Extinct taxa
Category:Taxa described in 1852

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