†Mentzelia glabra Dagys 1963 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
Full reference: A. S. Dagys. 1963. Upper Triassic brachiopods of the southern USSR 1-238
Belongs to Mentzelia according to M. Iordan 1993
See also Dagys 1963 and Sun 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGiG No179/86. Its type locality is River Kuna, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian marine limestone in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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