Hemileurus orbicularis Jin and Sun 1981 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae

Full reference: Y.G. Jin and D. L. Sun. 1981. Paleozoic brachiopods from Xizang (Tibet). Paleontology of Xizang, Book III, The Series of the Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 127-171

Belongs to Hemileurus according to Y.G. Jin and D. L. Sun 1981

Sister taxa: Hemileurus politus, Hemileurus runcinatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tunlonggongba 76AR42, Duoma, Rutog, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Tunlonggongba Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tunlonggongba 76AR42, Duoma, Rutog

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