Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: T. A. Grunt. 1986. Sistema Brakhiopod Otryada Atiridida. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 215:1-199
Parent taxon: Spirigerellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araxathyris, Cardiothyris, Composita, Densalvus, Gruntea, Iniathyris, Nordathyris, Planalvus, Pseudopentagonia, Rectambitus, Septospirigerella, Spirigerella, Tongzithyris, Tulathyris, Uldziathyris
Subtaxa: Posicomta advena Posicomta dolabrata Posicomta gundarensis Posicomta subsolana Posicomta zaalaica
Type: Posicomta gundarensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Kyrgyzstan (1 collection), Oman (1), Tajikistan (8), Thailand (22), Tunisia (4)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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