Edriosteges acuminatus Liao 1980 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1980. Upper Permian brachiopods from western Guizhou. Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan 241-277

Belongs to Edriosteges according to Z. T. Liao 1980

Sister taxa: Edriosteges beedei, Edriosteges circularis, Edriosteges compactus, Edriosteges guangxiensis, Edriosteges medlicottianus, Edriosteges multispinosus, Edriosteges ogbinensis, Edriosteges plenus, Edriosteges poyangensis, Edriosteges subplicatilis, Edriosteges tenuispinosus, Edriosteges tumitus

Type specimen: NIGP 43479. Its type locality is Jiaozishan Section Bed 7 (AJ-17-12), Anshun County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siltstone/sandstone in China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jiaozishan Section Bed 7 (AJ-17-12), Anshun County

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