Tenuichonetes subquadrata Jin and Ye 1979 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: Y. G. Jin and S. L. Ye. 1979. Permian brachiopod names. Paleontological atlas of northwest China, Qinghai Volume 1:70-131

Belongs to Tenuichonetes according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2017

See also Jin and Ye 1979

Sister taxa: Tenuichonetes lateala, Tenuichonetes plicatiformis, Tenuichonetes tengchongensis, Tenuichonetes tenuilirata, Tenuichonetes tzunyiensis, Tenuichonetes xizangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gougongmakaerdeng Section ZP2F29-2, Huashixia, Maduo County, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Bayinhe Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gougongmakaerdeng Section ZP2F29-2, Huashixia, Maduo County

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