Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Full reference: M. R. Sahni. 1940. The Jurassic Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds of the Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 30(1):1-39
Belongs to Holcothyris according to Y. Alméras 1970
See also Sahni 1940
Sister taxa: Holcothyris acuminata, Holcothyris ancile, Holcothyris angulata, Holcothyris angusta, Holcothyris breviseptata, Holcothyris campbelli, Holcothyris concava, Holcothyris cooperi, Holcothyris curvata, Holcothyris delta, Holcothyris dubia, Holcothyris elliptica, Holcothyris excavata, Holcothyris golmudensis, Holcothyris kaiwaraensis, Holcothyris laosensis, Holcothyris luchiangensis, Holcothyris macra, Holcothyris micromorpha, Holcothyris orbicularis, Holcothyris ovata, Holcothyris ovoides, Holcothyris perplicata, Holcothyris plecta, Holcothyris raoi, Holcothyris rostrata, Holcothyris rotundata, Holcothyris subangulata, Holcothyris subcurvata, Holcothyris subovalis, Holcothyris tanggulaica, Holcothyris tenuis, Holcothyris trigonalis, Holcothyris trigonaris, Holcothyris triseptata
Type specimen: GSI Type No. 16727. Its type locality is Kongnim (1/2 mile northeast), which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in the Namyau Beds Formation of Myanmar.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (9 collections), Myanmar (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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