Athyris subquadrata Yang and Xu 1966 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: T. Y. Yang and G. R. Xu. 1966. Triassic Brachiopods of Central Guizhou Province 1-151

Belongs to Athyris according to R. L. Feng and Z. L. Jiang 1978

See also Yang and Xu 1966

Sister taxa: Athyris (Cliothyris), Athyris (Seminula), Athyris (Spirigera), Athyris ambiguaeformis, Athyris angelica, Athyris angulata, Athyris bisulcata, Athyris bradyensis, Athyris cestriensis, Athyris concentrica, Athyris damesi, Athyris globularis, Athyris goniocolpos, Athyris lamellosa, Athyris mirabilis, Athyris persinuata, Athyris plicatiformis, Athyris spiriferoides, Athyris xetra

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yinshanpo KC267b, Qingyan (Triassic of China)

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