Caucasorhynchia kunensis Dagys 1963 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae

Full reference: A. S. Dagys. 1963. Upper Triassic brachiopods of the southern USSR 1-238

Belongs to Caucasorhynchia according to Y. G. Jin et al. 1985

See also Dagys 1963 and Jin et al. 1979

Sister taxa: Caucasorhynchia altaplecta, Caucasorhynchia baliana, Caucasorhynchia circularis, Caucasorhynchia simplexa, Caucasorhynchia trigonalis, Caucasorhynchia worobievi, Caucasorhynchia zhidoensis

Type specimen: IGiG No168/12. Its type locality is River Kuna, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian marine limestone in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (4 collections), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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