Lepetopsis taxiensis Liang 1980 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae

Full reference: Z. F. Liang. 1980. Mollusca. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:429-484

Belongs to Lepetopsis according to Z. F. Liang 1980

Sister taxa: Lepetopsis anthracophila, Lepetopsis artiensis, Lepetopsis capitanensis, Lepetopsis chesterensis, Lepetopsis franae, Lepetopsis haworthi, Lepetopsis levettei, Lepetopsis peregrina, Lepetopsis petasus, Lepetopsis petricola, Lepetopsis phillipsi, Lepetopsis retrorsa, Lepetopsis shuangjingziensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Taxi, Taxi Fm, Nenjiang County, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian marine horizon in the Taxi Formation of China

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Taxi, Taxi Fm, Nenjiang County

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