Edriosteges circularis Liao 1984 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1984. New genus and species of Late Permian and earliest Triassic brachiopods from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23:276-285

Belongs to Edriosteges according to Z. T. Liao 1984

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

Type specimen: NIGP 71134. Its type locality is Niutoushan coal mine 7 shaft, Act299, Guangde County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Niutoushan coal mine 7 shaft, Act299, Guangde County

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