Revision of Prelissorhynchia Xu and Grant, 1994 (Brachiopoda) from the Upper Permian of South China

A revision of the genus Prelissorhynchia Xu and Grant, 1994 is carried out based on an examination of the type material of 'Pugnax' pseudoutah Huang (1933) from the Late Permian of South China. The systematic study of the South Chinese specimens shows that specimens previously assigned to Huang's species should be divided into two genera: Prelissorhynchia Xu and Grant (1994) and Neowellerella Dagys (1974). As a result of this revision, Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah (Huang) is interpreted to have a more restricted stratigraphical and geographical distribution than previously thought.