Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1979. Uppermost Carboniferous brachiopods from western Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(6):527-546
Belongs to Composita according to Z. T. Liao 1979
Sister taxa: Athyris (Composita) indosinensis, Athyris (Composita) semirostrata, Composita affinis, Composita apheles, Composita apsidata, Composita argentea, Composita bamberi, Composita biforma, Composita bucculenta, Composita costata, Composita cracens, Composita crassa, Composita depressa, Composita discina, Composita elongata, Composita emarginata, Composita enormis, Composita gigantea, Composita girtyi, Composita globosa, Composita grandis, Composita hapsida, Composita idahoensis, Composita imbricata, Composita insulcata, Composita jogensis, Composita laevis, Composita lewisensis, Composita magnicarina, Composita mexicana, Composita minuscula, Composita mira, Composita misriensis, Composita nucella, Composita obesa, Composita ovata, Composita parasulcata, Composita pikensis, Composita pilula, Composita plana, Composita prospera, Composita pyriformis, Composita quadrirotunda, Composita quantilla, Composita rotunda, Composita sigma, Composita stalagmium, Composita strongyle, Composita subcircularis, Composita subquadrata, Composita subtilita, Composita sulcata, Composita tareica, Composita tetralobata, Composita tobaensis, Composita trinuclea
Type specimen: NIGP 51357. Its type locality is Huagang, Shazitang Fm, Qinglong County, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Shazitang Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Huagang, Shazitang Fm, Qinglong County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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