Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
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 Somalithyris according to H. M. Muir-Wood 1935
Sister taxa: Somalithyris elliptica, Somalithyris macfadyeni, Somalithyris ovata, Somalithyris parva, Somalithyris rotundata, Somalithyris subcircularis, Somalithyris triangulata
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 low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (4 collections), Somalia (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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