Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Alternative combination: Composita longa
Full reference: Y. Zhang and Y. G. Jin. 1961. An Upper Permian brachiopod fauna from Jingxian, Anhui Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 9:401-417
Belongs to Araxathyris according to H. T. Wu et al. 2018
See also Wang et al. 1982, Zhan 1989 and Zhang and Jin 1961
Sister taxa: Araxathyris abichi, Araxathyris beipeiensis, Araxathyris bruntoni, Araxathyris costalis, Araxathyris dilatatus, Araxathyris felina, Araxathyris glossexserta, Araxathyris indentatus, Araxathyris jalaidensis, Araxathyris jiangyouensis, Araxathyris minor, Araxathyris protea, Araxathyris quadrilobata, Araxathyris rhombiformis, Araxathyris sinensis, Araxathyris timorensis, Araxathyris tongluensis, Araxathyris undulata, Araxathyris yuananensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Yan'gongtan, Longtan Fm, Jingxian County, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Longtan Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection)
• Permian of China (6)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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