Araxathyris tongluensis Liang 1990 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: W. P. Liang. 1990. Lengwu Formation of Permian and its Brachiopod Fauna in Zhejiang Province. Geological Memoirs 2(10):1-522

Belongs to Araxathyris according to W. P. Liang 1990

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 sinensis, Araxathyris timorensis, Araxathyris undulata, Araxathyris yuananensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lengwu, upper Shiziling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal marl/limestone in the Lengwu Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lengwu, upper Shiziling Member, Tonglu

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