Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Alternative combination: Crurithyris tumibilis
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607
Belongs to Orbicoelia according to Z. Q. Chen and G. R. Shi 2006
See also Cooper and Grant 1976, Jin and Fang 1985, Kues 1995 and Spielmann et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Orbicoelia comcincta, Orbicoelia cordata, Orbicoelia dolomitensis, Orbicoelia elongatiformis, Orbicoelia extima, Orbicoelia flabelliformis, Orbicoelia fraterculus, Orbicoelia guadalupensis, Orbicoelia inflata, Orbicoelia magna, Orbicoelia tholiaphor, Orbicoelia tschernyschewi
Type specimen: USNM 154425a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (19: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Texas)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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