Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Full reference: Z. X. Tong. 1978. Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:210-267
Belongs to Tyloplecta according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2017
See also Tong 1978
Sister taxa: Tyloplecta adumbrata, Tyloplecta bulangensis, Tyloplecta costiferinoides, Tyloplecta crassica, Tyloplecta fulingensis, Tyloplecta grandicostata, Tyloplecta huadongensis, Tyloplecta liannanensis, Tyloplecta liziyaensis, Tyloplecta magna, Tyloplecta mangolensis, Tyloplecta minisulcata, Tyloplecta minor, Tyloplecta nankingensis, Tyloplecta pauciplicata, Tyloplecta persica, Tyloplecta radiata, Tyloplecta rossica, Tyloplecta subrichthofeni, Tyloplecta tumefacta, Tyloplecta yangtzeensis
Type specimen: Sb 4059. Its type locality is Gaoqiao Section, Maokou Fm, Mianzhu 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 Gaoqiao Section, Maokou Fm, Mianzhu County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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