Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Alternative combination: Kitakamithyris petaliformis
Full reference: E. E. Pavlova. 1973. Taxonomic names, in Permian Brachiopoda of the Pamir. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 136:1-211
Belongs to Spirelytha according to H. Xu et al. 2024
See also Angiolini 1995, Angiolini et al. 2005, Mohd Shafeea Leman 2003, Pavlova 1973, Shen et al. 2000, Shi et al. 2001 and Shi and Waterhouse 1991
Sister taxa: Spirelytha borealis, Spirelytha buravasi, Spirelytha fredericksi, Spirelytha grandis, Spirelytha kashirtsevi, Spirelytha kislakovi, Spirelytha magna, Spirelytha miloradovichi, Spirelytha pavlovae, Spirelytha sheii, Spirelytha stepanoviana
Type specimen: PIN 2774/174, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Kastanat-Djilga 1, Bazardarin Fm, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siltstone in the Bazardarin Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (4 collections), Malaysia (3), Pakistan (3), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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