Oxycolpella elongata Jin and Fang 1977 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Diplospirellidae

Full reference: Y. G. Jin and B. X. Fang. 1977. Upper Triassic brachiopod fauna from the area in the east of Hengduan Mountain, western Yunnan. Mesozoic Fossils from Yunnan 2:39-69

Belongs to Oxycolpella according to Y. G. Jin et al. 1985

See also Jin and Fang 1977 and Jin et al. 1979

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is G2470f1, Benzilan, Deqin County, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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