Tomiopsis xinlinensis Lee and Su 1980 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

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 Tomiopsis according to L. Lee and Y. Z. Su 1980

Sister taxa: Tomiopsis balgoensis, Tomiopsis bazardarensis, Tomiopsis confusus, Tomiopsis dissimilis, Tomiopsis globosa, Tomiopsis globosus, Tomiopsis hardmani, Tomiopsis harringtoni, Tomiopsis isbelliformis, Tomiopsis konincki, Tomiopsis mergensis, Tomiopsis notoplicatus, Tomiopsis oviformis, Tomiopsis ovulum, Tomiopsis pauciplicatus, Tomiopsis petrenkoi, Tomiopsis piersoni, Tomiopsis plana, Tomiopsis postglabra, Tomiopsis rarus, Tomiopsis regina, Tomiopsis siangensis, Tomiopsis taimyrensis, Tomiopsis woodwardi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xinlin, Jalaid Qi, which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xinlin, Jalaid Qi

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