†Cryptospirifer shawanensis Jin et al. 1974 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: Y. G. Jin, Z. T. Liao, and B. X. Fang. 1974. Permian brachiopods. Handbook of the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Southwest China 308-313
Belongs to Cryptospirifer according to Y. G. Jin et al. 1974
Sister taxa: Cryptospirifer omeishanensis, Cryptospirifer orbicularis, Cryptospirifer transversa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shawan, Middle Maokou Fm, Leshan County, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Shawan, Middle Maokou Fm, Leshan County
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