Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Alternative combination: Paraleptodus hemisphaericus
Full reference: L. Lee and F. Gu. 1980. Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:327-428
Belongs to Leptodus according to M. E. Clapham 2015
See also Lee and Gu 1980
Sister taxa: Leptodus cancriniformis, Leptodus deminutus, Leptodus elongatus, Leptodus guadalupensis, Leptodus hoshanensis, Leptodus huangi, Leptodus kaluzinensis, Leptodus lacuna, Leptodus lamina, Leptodus minor, Leptodus nobilis, Leptodus oldhaminoides, Leptodus ovatus, Leptodus richthofeni, Leptodus trapezium, Leptodus tumenlingensis, Leptodus wuchangensis, Poikilosakos tongluensis, Lyttonia (Stita), Lyttonia (Vincia), Lyttonia (Irma), Lyttonia (Imperia), Lyttonia (Prisca), Lyttonia (Digitia), Lyttonia (Pirgula), Spinolyttonia arakeljani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wuchang County, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine horizon in the Tumenling Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Wuchang County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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