Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Alternative combination: Crurithyris extima
Full reference: R. E. Grant. 1970. Brachiopods from the Permian-Triassic boundary beds and age of Chhidru Formation, West Pakistan. Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication 4:117-151
Belongs to Orbicoelia according to Z. Q. Chen 2006
See also Dagys 1974, Grant 1970 and Yanagida and Nakornsri 1999
Sister taxa: Orbicoelia comcincta, Orbicoelia cordata, Orbicoelia dolomitensis, Orbicoelia elongatiformis, Orbicoelia flabelliformis, Orbicoelia fraterculus, Orbicoelia guadalupensis, Orbicoelia inflata, Orbicoelia magna, Orbicoelia tholiaphor, Orbicoelia tschernyschewi, Orbicoelia tumibilis
Type specimen: USNM 153731, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Pakistan (2 collections), the Russian Federation (2)
• Permian of Italy (1), Pakistan (3), Thailand (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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