Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
Full reference: W. H. He and Z. Q. Chen. 2016. Taxonomy, in A new genus Liaous of early Anisian Stage (Middle Triassic) brachiopods from southwestern China: systematics, reassessment of classification of the Spiriferinioidea, community paleoecology, and paleoenvironmental implications. Journal of Paleontology 89:966-979
Belongs to Liaous according to W. H. He and Z. Q. Chen 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SW-2-001, a valve (dorsal internal mold). Its type locality is Shaiwa section, bed 48, which is in a Bithynian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone in the Xinyuan Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Shaiwa section, bed 48
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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