Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Alternative combination: Cryptospirifer semiplicatus
Full reference: T. K. Huang. 1933. Late Permian Brachiopoda of southwestern China, Part 2. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 9(2):1-172
Belongs to Titanothyris according to Y. G. Jin 1983
See also Huang 1933 and Yang et al. 1977
Sister taxa: Titanothyris striata, Titanothyris striatus, Titanothyris subplicata
Type specimen: NIGP 4710. Its type locality is Singkaissu, locality TL190, Omeishan, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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