Halorelloidea biruensis Sun 1981 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Halorellidae

Full reference: D. L. Sun. 1981. The Mesozoic brachiopods of Xizang. Palaeontology of Xizang, Book III, The Series of the Scientific Expedition to Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 177-260

Belongs to Halorelloidea according to D. L. Sun 1981

Sister taxon: Halorelloidea rectifrons

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nahachabu, Xiaquka district, Biru County, which is in a Norian marine horizon in China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nahachabu, Xiaquka district, Biru County

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