Waagenites sureshanensis Jin 1976 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: Y. G. Jin. 1976. Taxonomic names, in Late Paleozoic brachiopods from the Mount Jolmo Lungma region. A Report of the Scientific Expedition in the Mount Jolmo Lungma Region (1966-1968) 2:159-271

Belongs to Waagenites according to Y. G. Jin 1976

Sister taxa: Waagenites aequicosta, Waagenites artemovkensis, Waagenites asinuata, Waagenites auriferus, Waagenites barusiensis, Waagenites deplanata, Waagenites dichotoma, Waagenites elegans, Waagenites grandicosta, Waagenites irregularis, Waagenites mediplicata, Waagenites squamulifera, Waagenites stani, Waagenites trapezoidalis, Waagenites tumenlingensis, Waagenites wynnei, Waagenites yunnanensis, Chonetes (Dienerella) robinsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sureshan Section FdIV-5, Rejiu Town, Tingri County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sureshan Section FdIV-5, Rejiu Town, Tingri County

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