Guseriplia lanpingensis Jin and Fang 1977 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae

Full reference: Y. G. Jin and B. X. Fang. 1977. Upper Triassic brachiopod fauna from the area in the east of Hengduan Mountain, western Yunnan. Mesozoic Fossils from Yunnan 2:39-69

Belongs to Guseriplia according to Y. G. Jin and B. X. Fang 1977

Sister taxa: Sinucosta acerrima, Sinucosta bifucata, Sinucosta bittneri, Sinucosta emmrichi, Sinucosta evanescens, Sinucosta granulata, Sinucosta gregaria, Sinucosta impressula, Sinucosta longa, Sinucosta oligoptycha, Sinucosta pectinata, Sinucosta pontica, Sinucosta praecursor, Sinucosta songdae, Guseriplia tulungensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is YHW135, Yandong, Lanping County, which is in an Alaunian marine horizon in the Baijizu Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at YHW135, Yandong, Lanping County

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