Cyrolexis zhangi Waterhouse 2004 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Psilocamaridae

Synonym: Stenoscisma timorensis Zhang and Jin 1976 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 2004. Permian and Triassic stratigraphy and fossils of the Himalaya in northern Nepal. Earthwise 6:1-259

Belongs to Cyrolexis according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

Sister taxa: Cyrolexis beccojectus, Cyrolexis enneaplicata, Cyrolexis grabaui, Cyrolexis haquei, Cyrolexis netschajevi, Cyrolexis nonakai, Cyrolexis octoplicata, Cyrolexis superstes, Cyrolexis ussuricum, Cyrolexis waageni, Cyrolexis zhongliangshanensis

Type specimens:

  • Cyrolexis zhangi: Nanjing Institute, 23404. Its type locality is Naxing Section JSB2, Nyalam County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Selong Formation of China.
  • Stenoscisma timorensis:

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Naxing Section JSB2, Nyalam County

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