Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Full reference: J. Tazawa. 2009. Brachiopods from the Upper Permian Tsunemori Formation of the Akiyoshi area, southwest Japan, and their tectonic implications. Paleontological Research 13:65-78
Belongs to Cathayspirina according to J. Tazawa 2009
Sister taxa: Cathayspirina fengshuijiangensis, Cathayspirina fenshuijiangensis
Type specimen: KMNH IvP 700018, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is Hinaga, Omine Town, Mine-Shi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, which is in a Capitanian marine mudstone/limestone in the Tsunemori Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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