Rectambitus subpentangulata Xu and Grant 1994 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Alternative combinations: Araxathyris subpentagulata, Araxathyris subpentangulata

Full reference: G. Xu and R. E. Grant. 1994. Brachiopods near the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 76:1-68

Belongs to Rectambitus according to S.-Z. Shen et al. 2004

See also Xu and Grant 1994 and Xu and Grant 1996

Sister taxa: Rectambitus spondomarginata, Rectambitus xui

Type specimen: USNM 456168, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Xikou Section, Zhen'an County, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Longdongchuan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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