†Arabatia Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Synonyms: Arabicella Cooper 1989, Arapsopleurum Cooper 1989
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Parent taxon: Loboidothyridinae according to H. R. Feldman et al. 2021
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Arabatia africana Arabatia arabica Arabatia bihinensis Arabatia dubia Arabatia rotunda
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Jordan (2 collections), Kenya (1), Saudi Arabia (57), Somalia (5), Tunisia (6), Yemen (2)
Total: 73 collections including 88 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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