Edriosteges guangxiensis Liao 1982 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1982. New genera and species of Aulostegacea (Brachiopoda). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21(5):537-544

Belongs to Edriosteges according to Z. T. Liao 1982

Sister taxa: Edriosteges acuminatus, Edriosteges beedei, Edriosteges circularis, Edriosteges compactus, Edriosteges medlicottianus, Edriosteges multispinosus, Edriosteges ogbinensis, Edriosteges plenus, Edriosteges poyangensis, Edriosteges subplicatilis, Edriosteges tenuispinosus, Edriosteges tumitus

Type specimen: NIGP 67681. Its type locality is Dongluo Coal Mine, Act634, Fusui County, which is in a Changhsingian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dongluo Coal Mine, Act634, Fusui County

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