Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Full reference: F. G. Stehli and R. E. Grant. 1971. Permian Brachiopods from Axel Heiberg Island, Canada, and an Index of Sampling Efficiency. Journal of Paleontology 45(3):502-521
Belongs to Crurithyris according to F. G. Stehli and R. E. Grant 1971
Sister taxa: Crurithyris alaskensis, Crurithyris arcuata, Crurithyris calendae, Crurithyris changmeensis, Crurithyris clannyana, Crurithyris expansa, Crurithyris extumida, Crurithyris inflata, Crurithyris levicula, Crurithyris longa, Crurithyris longirostris, Crurithyris longtanica, Crurithyris major, Crurithyris muliensis, Crurithyris opalinus, Crurithyris parva, Crurithyris planoconvexa, Crurithyris sulcata, Crurithyris telleri, Crurithyris tianshengqiaoensis, Crurithyris uralica, Crurithyris urei, Crurithyris wampensis
Type specimen: GSC 26168. Its type locality is Svartevaeg Cliffs, Axel Heiberg Island, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in Canada.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Svartevaeg Cliffs, Axel Heiberg Island
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