Kintathyris malayaensis Shi and Waterhouse 1991 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: G. R. Shi and J. B. Waterhouse. 1991. Early Permian brachiopods from Perak, west Malaysia. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 6:25-39

Belongs to Kintathyris according to G. R. Shi and J. B. Waterhouse 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSM 96032F, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is Nam Loong No. 1 Mine, Kinta Valley, Kampar, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Nam Loong Formation of Malaysia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nam Loong No. 1 Mine, Kinta Valley, Kampar

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