Dyoros lamellosa Liu and Waterhouse 1985 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: F. Liu and J. B. Waterhouse. 1985. Permian strata and brachiopods from Xiujimqinqi region of Neimongol (Inner Mongolia) autonomous region, China. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 11(2):1-44

Belongs to Dyoros according to F. Liu and J. B. Waterhouse 1985

Sister taxa: Dyoros (Dyoros), Dyoros (Lissosia), Dyoros (Tetragonetes), Dyoros acanthopelix, Dyoros esoterica, Dyoros grandis, Dyoros kaibabensis, Dyoros pentagonalis, Dyoros semicircularis

Type specimen: CCGBH57. Its type locality is Xi Ujimqin Qi, Section 12, Bed 5, Sample P12H1, which is in a Wordian carbonate sandstone in the Xiujimqinqi Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xi Ujimqin Qi, Section 12, Bed 5, Sample P12H1

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