Oxycolpella zhonghuaensis Xu 1978 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Diplospirellidae

Alternative combination: Dictyonathyris zhonghuaensis

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

Belongs to Oxycolpella according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Xu 1978

Sister taxa: Oxycolpella arabica, Oxycolpella circularis, Oxycolpella elongata, Oxycolpella eurycolpos, Oxycolpella guseriplica, Oxycolpella kunensis, Oxycolpella lanaensis, Oxycolpella mulica, Oxycolpella oxycolpos, Oxycolpella rectimarginata, Oxycolpella robinsoni, Oxycolpella sankaica, Oxycolpella semiconvexa, Oxycolpella wenquanensis, Oxycolpella zhidoensis

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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