Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Alternative combinations: Brachythyrina rectangulus, Spirifer rectangulus
Synonym: Spirifer trigonalis Martin 1809
Belongs to Brachythyrina according to J. I. Tazawa et al. 2022
See also Glushenko 1975, Li and Gu 1980, Mansuy 1913, Tschernyschew 1902 and Waterhouse 1981
Sister taxa: Brachythyrina abnormalis, Brachythyrina arctica, Brachythyrina boonlomi, Brachythyrina byrangi, Brachythyrina gobbetti, Brachythyrina jakovlevi, Brachythyrina lata, Brachythyrina peregrina, Brachythyrina sibirica, Brachythyrina strangwaysi, Brachythyrina tricostata
Subtaxa: Spirifer rectangulus triplicatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Austria (1 collection), China (2), Japan (1), Laos (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Thailand (2)
• Carboniferous of China (1), India (1), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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