†Halorella geniculata Xu 1978 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Halorellidae
Full reference: G. R. Xu. 1978. Triassic Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:267-314
Belongs to Halorella according to G. R. Xu 1978
Sister taxa: Halorella amphitoma, Halorella flabella, Halorella jianchuanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Qugasi, Yidun County, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in the Qugasi Formation of China
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Qugasi, Yidun County
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