Arcosarina biplicata Sun 1981 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae

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 Arcosarina according to D. L. Sun 1981

Sister taxa: Paradoxothyris cyclis, Paradoxothyris flatus, Paradoxothyris multicostata, Arcosarina foliacea, Arcosarina elongata, Arcosarina pentagona, Arcosarina sangkaensis, Arcosarina ovata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yulonggou, 76CY2, Qingnidong district, Jomda County, which is in an Alaunian marine horizon in the Bolila Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yulonggou, 76CY2, Qingnidong district, Jomda County

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