Allorhynchus hunanensis Liao and Meng 1986 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae

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 Allorhynchus according to S. Z. Shen and G. R. Shi 2007

See also Liao and Meng 1986

Sister taxa: Allorhynchus circulare, Allorhynchus concentricum, Allorhynchus formulosum, Allorhynchus naliensis, Allorhynchus permianum, Allorhynchus ponduensis, Allorhynchus triangulatum, Allorhynchus variabile, Allorhynchus venustulum

Type specimen: NIGP 74217. Its type locality is Dapaichong, Huatang, Chenxian County, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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