Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Full reference: H. M. Muir-Wood. 1935. Jurassic Brachiopoda. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 75-147
Belongs to Somalirhynchia according to H. M. Muir-Wood 1935
Sister taxa: Somalirhynchia africana, Somalirhynchia arabica, Somalirhynchia bihendulensis, Somalirhynchia jordanica, Somalirhynchia moeschi, Somalirhynchia prearabica, Somalirhynchia smelliei, Somalirhynchia somalica, Somalirhynchia stefaninii, Somalirhynchia sutherlandi, Somalirhynchia tumida
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bihendula, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (2 collections), Eritrea (1), Somalia (3), Tunisia (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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