Strophomenata - Productida - Richthofeniidae
Full reference: Z. T. Liao and F. Y. Meng. 1986. Late Changxingian brachiopods from Huatang of Chenxian County, southern Hunan. Memoir of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica 22:71-97
Belongs to Richthofenia according to Z. T. Liao and F. Y. Meng 1986
Sister taxa: Richthofenia anshunensis, Richthofenia caucasica, Richthofenia elegans, Richthofenia guangdeensis, Richthofenia lawrenciana, Richthofenia orientalis, Richthofenia sinensis, Richthofenia ussurica
Type specimen: NIGP 74187. Its type locality is Sanhe Section, Changxing Fm, Huatang, Chenxian, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sanhe Section, Changxing Fm, Huatang, Chenxian
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