Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Full reference: Z.Q. Chen and G. R. Shi. 1999. Revision of Prelissorhynchia Xu & Grant, 1994 (Brachiopoda) from the Upper Permian of South China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 111(1):15-26
Belongs to Prelissorhynchia according to Z.Q. Chen and G. R. Shi 1999
Sister taxa: Prelissorhynchia dorashamensis, Prelissorhynchia pavonine, Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah, Prelissorhynchia subrotunda, Prelissorhynchia triplicatioid
Type specimen: USNM 456064. Its type locality is Banzhuyuan Section, Nantong County, which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Banzhuyuan Section, Nantong County
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