Jilinmartinia tienshanensis Chen 2004 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae

Full reference: Z. Q. Chen. 2004. Lower Permian reef-dwelling brachiopod faunas from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and biogeography. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 272(1-4):1-96

Belongs to Jilinmartinia according to Z. Q. Chen 2004

Sister taxa: Jilinmartinia shansiensis, Jilinmartinia sokolovi, Jilinmartinia yanjiensis

Type specimen: IGPS109138, a shell (Conjoined shell). Its type locality is Uzunbulak Section, Bed 14, Piqiang, Artux City, which is in a Sakmarian perireef or subreef packstone in the Piqiang Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Uzunbulak Section, Bed 14, Piqiang, Artux City

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