Juxathyris omeishanensis Huang 1933 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Alternative combination: Martiniopsis omeishanensis

Full reference: T. K. Huang. 1933. Late Permian Brachiopoda of southwestern China, Part 2. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 9(2):1-172

Belongs to Juxathyris according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Huang 1933

Sister taxa: Athyris rhynchonelloides, Juxathyris abrupta, Juxathyris apionucula, Juxathyris bisulcata, Juxathyris bisulcatum, Juxathyris doliformis, Juxathyris elongata, Juxathyris gaoqiaoensis, Juxathyris guizhouensis, Juxathyris linguformis, Juxathyris mongoliensis, Juxathyris obesa, Juxathyris orbiculariformis, Juxathyris pinguis, Juxathyris rectimarginalis, Juxathyris shuizhutangensis, Juxathyris subcircularis, Juxathyris zhijinensis, Spirigerella disulcata, Spirigerella gulingensis, Spirigerella leshanensis

Type specimen: NIGP 4716

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Singkaissu, locality TL190, Omeishan (Permian of China)

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