Trigonotreta guizhouensis Liao 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

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

Belongs to Trigonotreta according to Z. T. Liao 1979

Sister taxa: Spirifer (Trigonotreta) strigosus, Trigonotreta australis, Trigonotreta cracovensis, Trigonotreta hobartensis, Trigonotreta larghii, Trigonotreta lightjacki, Trigonotreta lyonsensis, Trigonotreta orientensis, Trigonotreta sanjuanensis, Trigonotreta semicircularis, Trigonotreta stokesi, Trigonotreta stokesii, Trigonotreta victoriae

Type specimen: NIGP 51362. Its type locality is Longyin, Shazitang Fm, Pu'an County, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Shazitang Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Longyin, Shazitang Fm, Pu'an County

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