Cathaysia parvulia Chang 1977 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: M. Chang. 1977. Brachiopoda names. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:306-470

Belongs to Cathaysia according to H. T. Wu et al. 2022

See also Chang 1977 and Shen et al. 2017

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Renhua County, Maokou Formation, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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