Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Alternative combination: Tethyochonetes minor
Full reference: Y. Zhang, W. H. He, G. R. Shi, K. X. Zhang, and H. T. Wu. 2015. A new Changhsingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from the Zhongzhai section (South China) Part 3: Productida. Alcheringa 39:295-314
Belongs to Fusichonetes according to H. T. Wu et al. 2017
See also Shen et al. 2017 and Zhang et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Fusichonetes cheni, Fusichonetes dissulcata, Fusichonetes flatus, Fusichonetes nayongensis, Fusichonetes pygmaea, Fusichonetes quadrata, Fusichonetes rectangularis, Fusichonetes sheni, Fusichonetes sinuata, Fusichonetes soochowensis, Fusichonetes wongiana, Tethyochonetes striata, Tethyochonetes convexa
Type specimen: CUG LZ0400278, a shell. Its type locality is Zhongzhai bed 4, Liuzhi County, which is in a Changhsingian offshore mudstone in the Longtan Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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