†Gefonia mimicusa Liang 1990 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Synonym: Gefonia nola Liang 1990
Full reference: W. P. Liang. 1990. Lengwu Formation of Permian and its Brachiopod Fauna in Zhejiang Province. Geological Memoirs 2(10):1-522
Belongs to Gefonia according to W. P. Liang 1990
See also Clapham 2015
Sister taxa: Gefonia bifrons, Gefonia carinata, Gefonia cubanica, Gefonia emerita, Gefonia improvisa, Gefonia levis, Gefonia licharewi, Gefonia plicata, Gefonia sinuata, Gefonia warthiformis
Type specimens:
- Gefonia mimicusa: Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China
- Gefonia nola: Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu
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