Taeniothaerus zhongbaensis Shi et al. 2003 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Full reference: G. R. Shi, S. Shen, and L. Zhan. 2003. A Guadalupian-Lopingian (Middle to Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from the Juripu Formation in the Yarlung-Zangbo suture zone, southern Tibet, China. Journal of Paleontology 77(6):1053-1068

Belongs to Taeniothaerus according to G. R. Shi et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Taeniothaerus cotteri, Taeniothaerus densipustulatus, Taeniothaerus farleyensis, Taeniothaerus homevalensis, Taeniothaerus iranicus, Taeniothaerus lakismatos, Taeniothaerus notabilis, Taeniothaerus quadratiformis, Taeniothaerus qubuensis, Taeniothaerus subquadratus

Type specimen: NMV P308052, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is Qingguo AH-333, Bed 7, Zhongba, which is in a Capitanian/Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Juripu Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Qingguo AH-333, Bed 7, Zhongba

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