Paramentzelia subsphaerica Xu 1978 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae

Full reference: G. R. Xu. 1978. Triassic Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:267-314

Belongs to Paramentzelia according to G. R. Xu 1978

Sister taxon: Paramentzelia ovata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mojiang, Leshan Couny, which is in a Lacian marine horizon in the Kuahongdong Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mojiang, Leshan Couny

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