†Alithyris shiquanheensis Sun 1981 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
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 Alithyris according to D. L. Sun 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is 8 km north of Shiquanhe, Ngari County, which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 8 km north of Shiquanhe, Ngari County
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