Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Full reference: D. Jaboli. 1959. Fossili Giurassici dell'Harar (Africa Orientale): Brachiopodi, Lamellibranchi e Gasteropodi [Jurassic fossils from Harar (Eastern Africa): brachiopods, lamellibranchs and gastropods]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini 4(1):3-100
Belongs to Zeilleria according to D. Jaboli 1959
Sister taxa: Zeilleria (Zeilleria), Zeilleria alpina, Zeilleria aquilina, Zeilleria astartina, Zeilleria austriaca, Zeilleria baldaccii, Zeilleria balkarensis, Zeilleria biappendiculata, Zeilleria bicolor, Zeilleria bucculenta, Zeilleria bukowski, Zeilleria choffati, Zeilleria dedengensis, Zeilleria digona, Zeilleria donetziana, Zeilleria egena, Zeilleria elliotti, Zeilleria elliptica, Zeilleria exigua, Zeilleria guerassimovi, Zeilleria hudsoni, Zeilleria humeralis, Zeilleria kedonensis, Zeilleria kysylrabatensis, Zeilleria lagenalis, Zeilleria latifrons, Zeilleria leckenbyi, Zeilleria lingulata, Zeilleria lituanica, Zeilleria livingstonei, Zeilleria lycetti, Zeilleria mariae, Zeilleria minima, Zeilleria moisseievi, Zeilleria montbisotensis, Zeilleria mutabilis, Zeilleria norica, Zeilleria opuatiaensis, Zeilleria perforata, Zeilleria popilanica, Zeilleria primaria, Zeilleria quadrifida, Zeilleria quiaiosensis, Zeilleria recessa, Zeilleria repanda, Zeilleria rollieri, Zeilleria sacciformis, Zeilleria spiculata, Zeilleria subcensoriensis, Zeilleria subdigona, Zeilleria subnumismalis, Zeilleria subranvilli, Zeilleria subrugata, Zeilleria terezowae, Zeilleria thurwieseri, Zeilleria trautscholdi, Zeilleria truncatella, Zeilleria umbonella, Zeilleria venusta, Zeilleria waehneri, Zeilleria waiohipaensis, Zeilleria waltoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Malca Balcad Gebiss, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian deep subtidal limestone in Ethiopia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (1), Tunisia (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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