Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1985. Two new brachiopod genera from the Permian Lamnimargus himalayensis zone of the Himalayas. Geology of Western Himalayas, Contributions to Himalayan Geology 3:212-218
Parent taxon: Cleiothyridininae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Shen et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Bajtugania, Carteridina, Cleiothyridina, Crinisarina, Deltachania, Leiothycridina, Pinegathyris, Rawdonia
Subtaxa: Himathyris gerardi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), China (3), India (13), Laos (1), United States (4: Oregon)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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