Stepanoviella rostrata Liao 1979 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1979. Uppermost Carboniferous brachiopods from western Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(6):527-546

Belongs to Stepanoviella according to Z. T. Liao 1979

Sister taxa: Stepanoviella mekongensis, Stepanoviella paracurvata

Type specimen: NIGP 51353. Its type locality is Longyin, Shazitang Fm, Pu'an County, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Shazitang Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Longyin, Shazitang Fm, Pu'an County

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