†Cryptospirifer Grabau 1931 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Parent taxon: Lochengiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Galeatathyris, Lochengia, Titanothyris
Subtaxa: Cryptospirifer omeishanensis Cryptospirifer orbicularis Cryptospirifer shawanensis Cryptospirifer transversa
Type: Cryptospirifer omeishanensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (2 collections), China (22), Iran (2), Japan (1), Turkey (1)
• Devonian of China (1)
Total: 29 collections including 32 occurrences
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