Geyerella ovata Lee and Gu 1980 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

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

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

Sister taxa: Geyerella alpina, Geyerella americana, Geyerella distorta, Geyerella gemmellaroi, Geyerella hessi, Geyerella inexpectata, Geyerella kedaoensis, Geyerella kingorum, Geyerella mongolica, Geyerella ofunatoensis, Geyerella rex, Geyerella tschernyschewi, Turriculum imperans

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yanji Section, Undivided, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine horizon in China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yanji Section, Undivided

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