Cathaysia caucasica Kotlyar et al. 2004 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: G. V. Kotlyar, Y. D. Zakharov, and I. V. Polubotko. 2004. Late Changhsingian fauna of the northwestern Caucasus Mountains, Russia. Journal of Paleontology 78(3):513-527

Belongs to Cathaysia according to G. V. Kotlyar et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Cathaysia beifengjingensis, Cathaysia bulangensis, Cathaysia chonetoides, Cathaysia jiaogaensis, Cathaysia kengbingensis, Cathaysia niulanshanensis, Cathaysia parvulia, Cathaysia spiriferoides, Cathaysia subpusilla, Cathaysia yongdingensis

Type specimen: CRMGE 13/13043, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is Severnaya Ravine, Upper Urushten Formation, Malaya Laba River, NW Caucasus, which is in a Changhsingian marine shale in the Urushten Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Severnaya Ravine, Upper Urushten Formation, Malaya Laba River, NW Caucasus

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