Plicochonetes jilinensis Lee and Su 1980 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: L. Lee and Y. Z. Su. 1980. Taxonomic names, Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:327-429

Belongs to Plicochonetes according to L. Lee and Y. Z. Su 1980

Sister taxa: Plicochonetes geniculatus, Plicochonetes ornatus, Plicochonetes paeckelmanni, Plicochonetes weiningensis

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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yanji Section, Undivided

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