Arabatia Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)

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

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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

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