Liraplecta Jin and Sun 1981 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Full reference: Y.G. Jin and D. L. Sun. 1981. Paleozoic brachiopods from Xizang (Tibet). Paleontology of Xizang, Book III, The Series of the Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 127-171

Parent taxon: Liraplectini according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Chen and Shi 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Liraplecta aspera Liraplecta paojianggouensis Liraplecta richthofeni Liraplecta tenuistriata

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Type: Productus richthofeni

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Afghanistan (2 collections), China (27)

• Pennsylvanian of China (1)

Total: 30 collections including 36 occurrences

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