†Hemileurus orbicularis Jin and Sun 1981 (lamp shell)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.