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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