Pseudospiriferina variabilis Yang and Xu 1966 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

Full reference: T. Y. Yang and G. R. Xu. 1966. Triassic Brachiopods of Central Guizhou Province 1-151

Belongs to Pseudospiriferina according to G. R. Xu and G. C. Liu 1983

See also Feng and Jiang 1978 and Yang and Xu 1966

Sister taxa: Pseudospiriferina lipoldiformis, Pseudospiriferina multicostata, Pseudospiriferina paucicostata, Pseudospiriferina pinguis, Pseudospiriferina tsinghaiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is FM-7, Machangping, Fuquan County, which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Qingyan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at FM-7, Machangping, Fuquan County

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