Baeorhynchia transversa Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213

Belongs to Baeorhynchia according to G. A. Cooper 1989

Sister taxa: Baeorhynchia carinata, Baeorhynchia cuneata, Baeorhynchia elegantula, Baeorhynchia nitida, Baeorhynchia nucleata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jebel Abu Rakhaim, S1787, which is in a Bajocian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jebel Abu Rakhaim, S1787

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