Kanokurachonetes kanokurensis Afanasjeva and Tazawa 2010 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: G. A. Afanasjeva and J. Tazawa. 2010. New Genus Kanokurachonetes (Brachiopoda, Chonetida) from the Middle Permian of the Southern Kitakami Mountains, Northeast Japan. Paleontological Journal 44(1):16-20

Belongs to Kanokurachonetes according to G. A. Afanasjeva and J. Tazawa 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 5313/1, a valve (ventral valve). Its type locality is Doyasawa KN2, Kamiyasse, which is in a Wordian coastal sandstone in the Kanokura Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Doyasawa KN2, Kamiyasse

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