Rhaetinopsis yunnanensis Sun and Shi 1985 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae

Full reference: D. L. Sun and Q. Shi. 1985. Triassic brachiopod names, in Late Paleozoic and Triassic brachiopods from the east of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Western Sichuan and Eastern Xizang 212-234

Belongs to Rhaetinopsis according to D. L. Sun and Q. Shi 1985

Sister taxa: Rhaetina beskessensis, Rhaetina caucasica, Rhaetina columnaris, Rhaetina elliptica, Rhaetina gregaria, Rhaetina incurvirostra, Rhaetina jomdaensis, Rhaetina ovalis, Rhaetina parva, Rhaetina pyriformis, Rhaetina subcircularis, Rhaetina taurica, Rhaetina tirolensis, Rhaetina triangularis, Rhaetina zigasiensis, Rhaetinopsis ovata, Rhaetinopsis zadoensis, Rhaetinopsis pentagonalis, Sanqiaothyris dorsaplana, Sanqiaothyris circularis, Sanqiaothyris qabdoensis, Sanqiaothyris asymmetros, Sanqiaothyris majiaobaensis, Sanqiaothyris elliptica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zhongdian-Deqin Highway, mile 101, which is in a Lacian marine horizon in China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Zhongdian-Deqin Highway, mile 101

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