Somalirhynchia stefaninii Weir 1929 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Full reference: J. Weir. 1929. Jurassic Fossils from Jubaland, East Africa, Collected by V. G. Glenday, And the Jurassic Geology of Somaliland. Monographs of the Geological Department of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University 1-63

Belongs to Somalirhynchia according to J. Weir 1929

Sister taxa: Somalirhynchia africana, Somalirhynchia arabica, Somalirhynchia bihendulensis, Somalirhynchia bihenensis, Somalirhynchia jordanica, Somalirhynchia moeschi, Somalirhynchia prearabica, Somalirhynchia smelliei, Somalirhynchia somalica, Somalirhynchia sutherlandi, Somalirhynchia tumida

Type specimen: L. 1649. Its type locality is Rukesa (Lowest Sandy Fossiliferous Limestone), which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Daua Limestone Formation of Kenya.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Kenya (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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