Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
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 Crurithyris according to H. T. Wu et al. 2018
See also Cooper and Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Crurithyris alaskensis, Crurithyris aquilonia, Crurithyris arcuata, Crurithyris calendae, Crurithyris changmeensis, Crurithyris clannyana, Crurithyris expansa, Crurithyris extumida, Crurithyris hongkongensis, Crurithyris inflata, Crurithyris levicula, Crurithyris longa, Crurithyris longtanica, Crurithyris major, Crurithyris muliensis, Crurithyris opalinus, Crurithyris parva, Crurithyris planoconvexa, Crurithyris sulcata, Crurithyris telleri, Crurithyris tianshengqiaoensis, Crurithyris uralica, Crurithyris urei, Crurithyris wampensis
Type specimen: USNM 152985d, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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