Nudirostralina subsphaerica Sun and Ye 1982 (brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Norellidae

Full reference: D. L. Sun and S. L. Ye. 1982. Middle Triassic brachiopods from the Tosu Lake area, central Qinghai. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21(2):153-173

Belongs to Nudirostralina according to D. L. Sun and S. L. Ye 1982

Sister taxa: Nudirostralina dieneri, Nudirostralina griesbachi, Nudirostralina lissosinus, Nudirostralina longa, Nudirostralina mangyshlakensis, Nudirostralina minuta, Nudirostralina mutabilis, Nudirostralina subtrinodosi, Nudirostralina tazawai, Nudirostralina tenuicostata, Nudirostralina trinodosi, Piarorhynchella kittli, Piarorhynchella triassica, Piarorhynchella gujiaoensis, Piarorhynchella selongensis

Type specimen: NIGPAS 67019, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Naocangjian Valley 72P1F46-12, Heihai District, Madoi County, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian marine horizon in the Naocangjiangou Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Naocangjian Valley 72P1F46-12, Heihai District, Madoi County

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