Cathaysia kengbingensis Wang 1982 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: G. Wang. 1982. Brachiopod taxonomic names. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:186-256

Belongs to Cathaysia according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2017

See also Wang 1982

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kengbing Section, Tongziyan Formation, Longyan County, which is in a Capitanian marine siliciclastic in the Tongziyan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kengbing Section, Tongziyan Formation, Longyan County

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