†Eurysites rotundus Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Belongs to Eurysites according to H. R. Feldman et al. 2012
See also Alméras et al. 2010 and Cooper 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is KK8, Al Huwayrah, Thambites Zone, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Jordan (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (14)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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