Monticulifera yangjiensis Lee and Gu 1980 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

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

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

Sister taxa: Monticulifera baishagouensis, Monticulifera cassidula, Monticulifera convexa, Monticulifera costella, Monticulifera filosa, Monticulifera hechuanensis, Monticulifera hunanensis, Monticulifera minor, Monticulifera minuta, Monticulifera minzhongensis, Monticulifera paviei, Monticulifera sinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yanji Section, Miaoling Fm, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Miaoling Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yanji Section, Miaoling Fm

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