Cartorhium xikouensis Xu and Grant 1994 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Full reference: G. Xu and R. E. Grant. 1994. Brachiopods near the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 76:1-68

Belongs to Cartorhium according to G. Xu and R. E. Grant 1994

Sister taxa: Cartorhium alisangensis, Cartorhium chelomatum, Cartorhium coristum, Cartorhium imperfectum, Cartorhium latum, Cartorhium lunwalensis, Cartorhium mexicanum, Cartorhium multiradiatus, Cartorhium orbiculatum, Cartorhium retusum, Cartorhium rhomboidalis, Cartorhium twifurcifer, Cartorhium vidriense, Cartorhium zoyei

Type specimen: USNM 456145. Its type locality is Xikou Section, Zhen'an County, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Longdongchuan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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