Gibbirhynchia mundula 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 Gibbirhynchia according to G. A. Cooper 1989

Sister taxa: Gibbirhynchia ageri, Gibbirhynchia amalthei, Gibbirhynchia cantabrica, Gibbirhynchia curviceps, Gibbirhynchia gibbosa, Gibbirhynchia liasica, Gibbirhynchia lua, Gibbirhynchia micra, Gibbirhynchia muirwoodae, Gibbirhynchia northamptonensis, Gibbirhynchia orsinii, Gibbirhynchia reyi, Gibbirhynchia sordellii, Gibbirhynchia thorncombiensis, Gibbirhynchia tiltonensis, Gibbirhynchia tounatensis, Gibbirhynchia urkutica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Al Jurayfah, S1501, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Al Jurayfah, S1501

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