Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Alternative combinations: Athyris (Composita) protea, Spirigera protea
Full reference: H. Abich. 1878. Geologische Forschungen in den Kaukasischen Ländern. I Theil. Eine Bergkalkfauna aus der Araxesenge bei Djoulfa in Armenien 1-126
Belongs to Araxathyris according to A. Ghaderi et al. 2015
See also Abich 1878, Angiolini and Carabelli 2010, Arthaber 1900, Diener 1903, Fantini Sestini and Glaus 1966, Garbelli and Angiolini 2014, Grunt 1965, Grunt 1986, Reed 1944, Yousefirad et al. 2013 and Zeng et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Araxathyris abichi, Araxathyris beipeiensis, Araxathyris bruntoni, Araxathyris costalis, Araxathyris dilatatus, Araxathyris felina, Araxathyris glossexserta, Araxathyris indentatus, Araxathyris jalaidensis, Araxathyris jiangyouensis, Araxathyris longa, Araxathyris minor, Araxathyris quadrilobata, Araxathyris rhombiformis, Araxathyris sinensis, Araxathyris timorensis, Araxathyris tongluensis, Araxathyris undulata, Araxathyris yuananensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Azerbaijan (11 collections), China (9), India (1), Iran (20), Pakistan (41)
Total: 82 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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