Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Belongs to Kallirhynchia according to G. A. Cooper 1989
Sister taxa: Kallirhynchia anglica, Kallirhynchia arabica, Kallirhynchia concinna, Kallirhynchia dispar, Kallirhynchia distendens, Kallirhynchia fornix, Kallirhynchia indentata, Kallirhynchia morierei, Kallirhynchia multicosta, Kallirhynchia multicostata, Kallirhynchia myrina, Kallirhynchia namtuensis, Kallirhynchia nudata, Kallirhynchia oranensis, Kallirhynchia orbicularis, Kallirhynchia orthidioides, Kallirhynchia phylarchus, Kallirhynchia robusta, Kallirhynchia subplicatella, Kallirhynchia valliculae, Kallirhynchia whiteavesi, Kallirhynchia yaxleyensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is KK8, Al Huwayrah, Tulites Zone, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at KK8, Al Huwayrah, Tulites Zone
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