Hexigtenichonetes subquadrata Lee and Su 1980 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae

Alternative combination: Hemichonetes subquadrata

Full reference: L. Lee and Y. Z. Su. 1980. Taxonomic names, Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:327-429

Belongs to Hexigtenichonetes according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2017

See also Lee and Su 1980

Sister taxa: Hexigtenichonetes guangxingensis, Hexigtenichonetes hemipleura, Hexigtenichonetes yanjiensis, Hemichonetes transversa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yanji Section, Miaoling Fm, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Miaoling Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yanji Section, Miaoling Fm

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