Falafer heshanensis Liao 1987 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Cooperinidae

Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1987. Paleoecological characters and stratigraphic significance of silicified brachiopods of the Upper Permian from Heshan, Laibin, Guangxi. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Systemic Boundaries in China: Permian and Triassic Boundary 1:81-125

Belongs to Falafer according to Z. T. Liao 1987

Sister taxa: Falafer epidelus, Falafer fusuiensis, Falafer hunanensis, Falafer triminulus

Type specimen: NIGP 93335. Its type locality is Matan Section Act474, Heshan, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Heshan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Matan Section Act474, Heshan

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