Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: T. A. Grunt. 1965. Athyridida, in The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:237-253
Parent taxon: Spirigerellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cardiothyris, Composita, Densalvus, Gruntea, Iniathyris, Nordathyris, Planalvus, Posicomta, Pseudopentagonia, Rectambitus, Septospirigerella, Spirigerella, Tongzithyris, Tulathyris, Uldziathyris
Subtaxa: Araxathyris abichi Araxathyris beipeiensis Araxathyris bruntoni Araxathyris costalis Araxathyris dilatatus Araxathyris felina Araxathyris glossexserta Araxathyris indentatus Araxathyris jalaidensis Araxathyris jiangyouensis Araxathyris longa Araxathyris minor Araxathyris protea Araxathyris quadrilobata Araxathyris rhombiformis Araxathyris sinensis Araxathyris timorensis Araxathyris tongluensis Araxathyris undulata Araxathyris yuananensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (5 collections)
• Permian of Azerbaijan (15), China (149), India (1), Indonesia (3), Iran (57), Italy (3), Pakistan (53), Thailand (1), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 289 collections including 369 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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