Kegelites sichuanensis Xie 1989 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Full reference: L. Xie. 1989. Ostracod names, in Ostracoda and Eurypteria. Study on the Permian-Triassic Biostratigraphy and Event Stratigraphy of Northern Sichuan and Southern Shaanxi 211-220

Belongs to Kegelites according to L. Xie 1989

Sister taxon: Kegelites datianensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xiaoba section, Anxian county, bed 10, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xiaoba section, Anxian county, bed 10

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