Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Full reference: A. N. Sokolskaja. 1965. Orthids, Strophomenids, Chonetids, and Rhynchonellids, in The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:198-236
Belongs to Orthotichia according to A. N. Sokolskaja 1965
Sister taxa: Orthotichia altilis, Orthotichia avushensis, Orthotichia chekiangensis, Orthotichia derbyi, Orthotichia fushanensis, Orthotichia gypidularhynchia, Orthotichia hueconiana, Orthotichia irregularis, Orthotichia japonica, Orthotichia jiangxiensis, Orthotichia kozlowskii, Orthotichia latirostrata, Orthotichia lengshuixiensis, Orthotichia lentiformis, Orthotichia magnifica, Orthotichia marmorea, Orthotichia morganiana, Orthotichia nana, Orthotichia nawtawaketensis, Orthotichia newelli, Orthotichia pentamera, Orthotichia sulcata, Orthotichia tongluensis, Orthotichia transversa, Orthotichia trigona, Orthotichia xizangensis
Type specimen: PIN 2072/47, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is Ogbin, Ali Bashi Fm, Dzhagra River, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Ali Bashi Formation of Armenia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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