Cathaysia jiaogaensis Jin and Shi 1985 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: Y. G. Jin and Q. Shi. 1985. Carboniferous and Permian brachiopod names, in Late Paleozoic and Triassic brachiopods from the east of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Western Sichuan and Eastern Xizang 186-212

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

See also Jin and Shi 1985

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jiaoga, Markam County (Tuoba Fm), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Tuoba Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jiaoga, Markam County (Tuoba Fm)

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