Tschernyschewia geniculata Zhan 1979 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Tschernyschewiidae

Full reference: L.P. Zhan. 1979. Taxonomic Descriptions. The Coal-Bearing Strata and Fossils of the Late Permian from Guangdong 1-166

Belongs to Tschernyschewia according to M. J. Campi et al. 2005

See also Waterhouse 1983, Zeng et al. 1995 and Zhan 1979

Sister taxa: Productus (Tschernyschewia) mysius, Tschernyschewia americana, Tschernyschewia fugax, Tschernyschewia involuta, Tschernyschewia pseudoirginae, Tschernyschewia punjabensis, Tschernyschewia regularis, Tschernyschewia sinensis, Tschernyschewia sinuissima, Tschernyschewia transindicus, Tschernyschewia typica, Tschernyschewia vicinalis, Tschernyschewia yakowlewi

Type specimen: K-0091. Its type locality is Damaikong, Lianxian Area, Wangpanli Fm, which is in a Changhsingian coastal siliciclastic in the Wangpanli Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (5 collections), Malaysia (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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