Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Alternative combinations: Araxathyris bisulcata, Araxathyris bisulcatus, Rectambitus bisulcatus
Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1980. Upper Permian brachiopods from western Guizhou. Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan 241-277
Belongs to Juxathyris according to L. Angiolini and L. Carabelli 2010
See also Liao 1980, Liao and Meng 1986, Shen et al. 2004, Shen and Zhang 2008, Waterhouse 1983, Xu and Grant 1994 and Zeng et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Athyris rhynchonelloides, Juxathyris abrupta, Juxathyris apionucula, Juxathyris bisulcatum, Juxathyris doliformis, Juxathyris elongata, Juxathyris gaoqiaoensis, Juxathyris guizhouensis, Juxathyris linguformis, Juxathyris mongoliensis, Juxathyris obesa, Juxathyris omeishanensis, Juxathyris orbiculariformis, Juxathyris pinguis, Juxathyris rectimarginalis, Juxathyris shuizhutangensis, Juxathyris subcircularis, Juxathyris zhijinensis, Spirigerella disulcata, Spirigerella gulingensis, Spirigerella leshanensis
Type specimen: NIGP 43786. Its type locality is Jiaozishan Section Bed 16 (AJ-35,34,33), Anshun County, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (31 collections), Iran (1), Thailand (2)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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