Kiangsiella tieliensis Lee and Gu 1980 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Full reference: L. Lee and F. Gu. 1980. Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:327-428

Belongs to Kiangsiella according to L. Lee and F. Gu 1980

Sister taxa: Kiangsiella compressa, Kiangsiella condoni, Kiangsiella deltoidens, Kiangsiella distorta, Kiangsiella halliana, Kiangsiella longinucha, Kiangsiella pectiniformis, Kiangsiella pinguis, Kiangsiella tingi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shenshu, Tieli County, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine horizon in the Tumenling Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shenshu, Tieli County

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