Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Full reference: S. Z. Shen and X. L. He. 1994. Changhsingian brachiopod faunas from Guiding, Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 33:440-454
Belongs to Rhipidomella according to S. Z. Shen and G. R. Shi 2007
See also Shen and He 1994
Sister taxa: Rhipidomella acutisulcata, Rhipidomella burlingtonensis, Rhipidomella carbonaria, Rhipidomella caucasica, Rhipidomella cora, Rhipidomella corallina, Rhipidomella cordialis, Rhipidomella diminutiva, Rhipidomella dzhuvankarensis, Rhipidomella fortimuscula, Rhipidomella henryhousensis, Rhipidomella hessensis, Rhipidomella hispidula, Rhipidomella imitatrix, Rhipidomella jerseyensis, Rhipidomella kharaulakhensis, Rhipidomella lyelliana, Rhipidomella magna, Rhipidomella miaolingensis, Rhipidomella michelini, Rhipidomella miscella, Rhipidomella missouriensis, Rhipidomella obesiconcha, Rhipidomella oklahomensis, Rhipidomella orthogonia, Rhipidomella parva, Rhipidomella parvula, Rhipidomella pecosi, Rhipidomella penniana, Rhipidomella perminuta, Rhipidomella pressula, Rhipidomella subtriangularis, Rhipidomella tenuicostata, Rhipidomella thiemei, Rhipidomella uralica, Rhipidomella vanuxemi, Rhipidomella vediensis
Type specimen: GD-8161. Its type locality is Wenjiangsi Section, Changxing Fm, Guiding County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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