Cathaysia bulangensis Liao 1980 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Alternative combination: Cathaysia bulongensis

Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1980. Upper Permian brachiopods from western Guizhou. Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan 241-277

Belongs to Cathaysia according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2017

See also Liao 1980 and Zeng et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Cathaysia beifengjingensis, Cathaysia caucasica, Cathaysia chonetoides, Cathaysia jiaogaensis, Cathaysia kengbingensis, Cathaysia niulanshanensis, Cathaysia parvulia, Cathaysia spiriferoides, Cathaysia subpusilla, Cathaysia yongdingensis

Type specimen: NIGP 43639. Its type locality is Bulang Section BM13, Puding County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Longtan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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