Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Alternative combination: Acosarina avushensis
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 T. A. Grunt and M. V. Novikova 2002
See also Grunt and Dmitriev 1973, Kotlyar 1989 and Ruzhentsev and Sarycheva 1965
Sister taxa: Orthotichia altilis, 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 parva, Orthotichia pentamera, Orthotichia sulcata, Orthotichia tongluensis, Orthotichia transversa, Orthotichia trigona, Orthotichia xizangensis
Type specimen: PIN 2072/55. Its type locality is Ogbin 2, Gnishik Fm, Dzhagra River, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Gnishik Formation of Armenia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (6 collections), Azerbaijan (5), Iran (3), Pakistan (4), Tajikistan (2), Ukraine (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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