Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
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 Ptyctothyris according to H. R. Feldman et al. 2001
See also Muir-Wood 1935
Sister taxa: Ptychtothyris baylei, Ptychtothyris stephani, Ptyctothyris biplicata, Ptyctothyris hardgravensis, Ptyctothyris niortensis, Ptyctothyris phlegethontis, Ptyctothyris quillyensis, Ptyctothyris remisovi, Ptyctothyris subcanaliculata, Systenothyris triangulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Daghani, bed 216, which is in an Oxfordian coastal shale in the Gahodleh Shale Formation of Somalia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), Israel (3), Somalia (2), Yemen (4)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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