Waagenites irregularis 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 Waagenites according to L. Lee and Y. Z. Su 1980

Sister taxa: Waagenites aequicosta, Waagenites artemovkensis, Waagenites asinuata, Waagenites auriferus, Waagenites barusiensis, Waagenites deplanata, Waagenites dichotoma, Waagenites elegans, Waagenites grandicosta, Waagenites squamulifera, Waagenites stani, Waagenites sureshanensis, Waagenites trapezoidalis, Waagenites tumenlingensis, Waagenites wynnei, Waagenites yunnanensis, Chonetes (Dienerella) robinsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zhagan Chulu, Sijiashan Formation, Bayan Wulan, Jalaid Qi, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Sijiashan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Zhagan Chulu, Sijiashan Formation, Bayan Wulan, Jalaid Qi

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