Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Full reference: S. Z. Shen and Y. C. Zhang. 2008. Earliest Wuchiapingian (Lopingian, Late Permian) brachiopods in southern Hunan, south China: implications for the pre-Lopingian crisis and onset of Lopingian recovery/radiation. Journal of Paleontology 82(5):924-937
Belongs to Pararigbyella according to S. Z. Shen and J. I. Tazawa 2014
See also Shen and Zhang 2008
Sister taxon: Pararigbyella quadrilobata
Type specimen: NIGP 130775, a valve (Ventral valve, internal mold). Its type locality is Yansha Section, Jiahe Area, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Douling Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Japan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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