Schwagerispira pinguis Sun and Ye 1982 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

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 Schwagerispira according to D. L. Sun and S. L. Ye 1982

Sister taxa: Schwagerispira beneckei, Schwagerispira cheni, Schwagerispira elegans, Schwagerispira fastosa, Schwagerispira fuchsi, Schwagerispira mojsisovicsi, Schwagerispira schwageri, Schwagerispira sichuanensis, Schwagerispira subcircularis

Type specimen: NIGPAS 67043, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Naocangjian Valley 72P1F48-4, Heihai District, Madoi County, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian marine horizon in the Naocangjiangou Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Naocangjian Valley 72P1F48-4, Heihai District, Madoi County

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