Cathaysia yongdingensis Liao 1982 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1982. Brachiopod taxonomic names. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:186-256

Belongs to Cathaysia according to H. T. Wu et al. 2022

See also Liao 1982, Liao 1984, Shen et al. 2017 and Wu and Zhang 2020

Sister taxa: Cathaysia beifengjingensis, Cathaysia bulangensis, Cathaysia caucasica, Cathaysia chonetoides, Cathaysia jiaogaensis, Cathaysia kengbingensis, Cathaysia niulanshanensis, Cathaysia parvulia, Cathaysia spiriferoides, Cathaysia subpusilla

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fushi, Yongding County, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Dalong Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (12 collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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