Orthotetes huagongensis Liao 1979 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae

Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1979. Uppermost Carboniferous brachiopods from western Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(6):527-546

Belongs to Orthotetes according to Z. T. Liao 1979

Sister taxa: Orthotetes abruptus, Orthotetes afanasjevae, Orthotetes bisulcatus, Orthotetes canadensis, Orthotetes guppyi, Orthotetes jugorica, Orthotetes kaskaskiensis, Orthotetes keokuk, Orthotetes kraffti, Orthotetes occidentalis, Orthotetes picta, Orthotetes plana, Orthotetes simensis, Orthotetes sulensis, Orthotetes trigonalis, Orthothetes crenistria

Type specimen: NIGP 51286. Its type locality is Huagang, Longyin Fm, Qinglong County, which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone/limestone in the Longyin Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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