Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

Full reference: D. L. Sun. 1981. The Mesozoic brachiopods of Xizang. Palaeontology of Xizang, Book III, The Series of the Scientific Expedition to Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 177-260

Parent taxon: Alithyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Alithyris shiquanheensis

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Type: Alithyris shiquanheensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 8 km north of Shiquanhe, Ngari County (Cretaceous of China)

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