Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Full reference: G. R. Xu. 1978. Triassic Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:267-314
Belongs to Ornithella according to G. R. Xu 1978
Sister taxa: Ornithella (Delmontanella), Ornithella blumbergensis, Ornithella boxensis, Ornithella curticensis, Ornithella digonoides, Ornithella douvillei, Ornithella expolita, Ornithella gemina, Ornithella longa, Ornithella moeschi, Ornithella pseudolagenalis, Ornithella sichuanensis, Ornithella skidegatensis, Ornithella syringothyrides, Microthyridina farquharsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chesuosi, Jomda County, which is in a Norian carbonate limestone in the Jiapila Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Chesuosi, Jomda County
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