Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Full reference: D. L. Sun. 1981. The Mesozoic brachiopods of Xizang. Palaeontology of Xizang, Book III, The Series of the Scientific Expedition to Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 177-260
Belongs to Kutchithyris according to D. L. Sun 1981
Sister taxa: Kutchithyris acutiplicata, Kutchithyris anongensis, Kutchithyris breviplicata, Kutchithyris brivesi, Kutchithyris challinori, Kutchithyris dengqenensis, Kutchithyris dhosaensis, Kutchithyris egregia, Kutchithyris euryptycha, Kutchithyris ferrandii, Kutchithyris fulva, Kutchithyris hendersoni, Kutchithyris hypsogonia, Kutchithyris ingluviosa, Kutchithyris jooraensis, Kutchithyris katametopa, Kutchithyris kennedyi, Kutchithyris lingularis, Kutchithyris marokopaensis, Kutchithyris mitra, Kutchithyris mulaensis, Kutchithyris pentagonalis, Kutchithyris planiconvexa, Kutchithyris propinqua, Kutchithyris pygmae, Kutchithyris pyroidea, Kutchithyris tibetica, Kutchithyris zamdaensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Banfu, 76Na4, 21 km north of Road 114, Amdo County, which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Near Banfu, 76Na4, 21 km north of Road 114, Amdo County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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