Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Full reference: P. C. Mills and R. L. Langenheim Jr. 1987. Wolfcampian brachiopods from the Bird Spring Group, Wamp Spring area, Las Vegas Range, Clark County, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 61(1):32-55
Belongs to Crurithyris according to P. C. Mills and R. L. Langenheim 1987
Sister taxa: Crurithyris alaskensis, Crurithyris aquilonia, Crurithyris arcuata, Crurithyris calendae, Crurithyris changmeensis, Crurithyris clannyana, Crurithyris expansa, Crurithyris extumida, Crurithyris inflata, Crurithyris levicula, Crurithyris longa, Crurithyris longirostris, Crurithyris longtanica, Crurithyris major, Crurithyris muliensis, Crurithyris opalinus, Crurithyris parva, Crurithyris planoconvexa, Crurithyris sulcata, Crurithyris telleri, Crurithyris tianshengqiaoensis, Crurithyris uralica, Crurithyris urei
Type specimen: UIUC X-6579, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Wamp Spring, Supplementary Unit A (Permian of Nevada)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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