Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: S.-Z. Shen, T. A. Grunt, and Y.-G. Jin. 2004. A comparative study of Comelicaniidae Merla, 1930 (Brachiopoda: Athyridida) from the Lopingian (Late Permian) of South China and Transcaucasia in Azerbaijan and Iran. Journal of Paleontology 78(5):884-899
Belongs to Araxathyris according to S.-Z. Shen et al. 2004
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 protea, Araxathyris quadrilobata, Araxathyris rhombiformis, Araxathyris timorensis, Araxathyris tongluensis, Araxathyris undulata, Araxathyris yuananensis
Type specimen: NIGP 135553, a shell (Conjoined shell). Its type locality is Beifengjing Section, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections)
• Permian of China (50)
Total: 52 collections including 53 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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