Wattonithyris zamdaensis Sun 1981 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

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 Wattonithyris according to D. L. Sun 1981

Sister taxa: Wattonithyris callosa, Wattonithyris fullonica, Wattonithyris impexa, Wattonithyris lata, Wattonithyris magna, Wattonithyris pseudobullata, Wattonithyris pseudomaxillata, Wattonithyris roettingensis, Wattonithyris subsphaericus, Wattonithyris wurtembergica, Pseudowattonithyris gigantea, Pseudowattonithyris depressa, Pseudowattonithyris circumdata, Pseudowattonithyris inflata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Longwanla, 76AD2, Zanda County, which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Longwanla, 76AD2, Zanda County

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