Tylothyris pauciplicata Yang 1986 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae

Full reference: D. L. Yang. 1986. Brachiopod names, in The Brachiopods and the boundary of Late Carboniferous-Early Permian in Longlin region, Guangxi. Bulletin of the Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 11:224-237

Belongs to Tylothyris according to D. L. Yang 1986

Sister taxa: Tylothyris brevaurita, Tylothyris mesacostalis, Tylothyris minima, Tylothyris missouriensis, Tylothyris multicostatus, Tylothyris novamexicana

Type specimen: Its type locality is GP3, Bunuo section, Changme district, Longlin county, which is in a Gzhelian marine horizon in the Maping Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GP3, Bunuo section, Changme district, Longlin county

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