Dictyoclostus decorus Lee and Gu 1980 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Full reference: L. Lee and F. Gu. 1980. Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:327-428

Belongs to Dictyoclostus according to L. Lee and F. Gu 1980

Sister taxa: Dictyoclostus arcuatus, Dictyoclostus bayanhuaensis, Dictyoclostus bellatulus, Dictyoclostus burlingtonensis, Dictyoclostus byrangi, Dictyoclostus cherokeensis, Dictyoclostus confluens, Dictyoclostus crawfordsvillensis, Dictyoclostus curtirostris, Dictyoclostus expansus, Dictyoclostus fernglenensis, Dictyoclostus galeanus, Dictyoclostus gallatinensis, Dictyoclostus hermosanus, Dictyoclostus inflatus, Dictyoclostus jalaidensis, Dictyoclostus linoproductoides, Dictyoclostus mesialis, Dictyoclostus mesicostalis, Dictyoclostus nantanensis, Dictyoclostus paradoxus, Dictyoclostus parviformis, Dictyoclostus primus, Dictyoclostus qiliensis, Dictyoclostus regularis, Dictyoclostus richardsi, Dictyoclostus rimalis, Dictyoclostus scitulus, Dictyoclostus sedaliensis, Dictyoclostus semireticulatus, Dictyoclostus simplex, Dictyoclostus tartaricus, Dictyoclostus weiningensis, Productus (Dictyoclostus) tardatus

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

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yanji Section, Kedao Formation

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