Paralaballa Sun 1981 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paralaballidae

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

Parent taxon: Paralaballinae according to W. H. He and Z. Q. Chen 2016

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxon: Cisnerospira

Subtaxa: Paralaballa zangbeiensis

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Type: Paralaballa zangbeiensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yaergangsen east, x1-1, west Shuanghu (Triassic of China)

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