Echyrosia expansa Cooper 1989 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

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

Belongs to Echyrosia according to G. A. Cooper 1989

Sister taxa: Echyrosia circularis, Echyrosia costata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wadi al Ghab, S1677, which is in a Bajocian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wadi al Ghab, S1677

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