Platythyris xanzaensis Sun 1981 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Capillithyrididae

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 Platythyris according to D. L. Sun 1981

Sister taxa: Aniabrochus comptonensis, Platythyris floresana, Platythyris vendeensis, Platythyris minor, Platythyris viaudi, Platythyris ovalis, Platythyris cristobali

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mayao commune, 76NS7, Xiongmei district, Xaiza County, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Langshan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mayao commune, 76NS7, Xiongmei district, Xaiza County

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