Notothyris qujiangensis Ni 1977 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Full reference: S. Ni. 1977. Brachiopoda names. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:306-470

Belongs to Notothyris according to S. Ni 1977

Sister taxa: Dielasma (Notothyris) triangularis, Notothyris (Ligatella), Notothyris acuta, Notothyris berkeyi, Notothyris bifoldes, Notothyris buriensis, Notothyris chainahaensis, Notothyris crassa, Notothyris daudensis, Notothyris depressus, Notothyris djoulfensis, Notothyris duplicata, Notothyris fissicostata, Notothyris ghundiensis, Notothyris gillilandensis, Notothyris gojraensis, Notothyris hexeris, Notothyris inaequiplicata, Notothyris inflata, Notothyris irregularis, Notothyris jalaidensis, Notothyris lenticularis, Notothyris liangshuikouensis, Notothyris lochardi, Notothyris lucida, Notothyris minuta, Notothyris multiplicata, Notothyris nucleolus, Notothyris orthosinus, Notothyris planiplicata, Notothyris polaris, Notothyris praelecta, Notothyris pseudodjoulfensis, Notothyris rectimarginatus, Notothyris revocata, Notothyris riparia, Notothyris sakagami, Notothyris sarinensis, Notothyris shizilingensis, Notothyris simplex, Notothyris subnucleolus, Notothyris subpentagona, Notothyris subvesicularis, Notothyris triplax, Notothyris triplicata, Notothyris uralica, Notothyris venusta, Notothyris waageni, Notothyris walkeri, Notothyris warthi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chashan, Maokou Fm, Qujiang County, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Maokou Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Chashan, Maokou Fm, Qujiang County

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