Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Prionorhynchiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Belongs to Sphenorhynchia according to G. A. Cooper 1989
Sister taxa: Sphenorhynchia asymmetrica, Sphenorhynchia aviformis, Sphenorhynchia bugeysiaca, Sphenorhynchia ferryi, Sphenorhynchia glaronensis, Sphenorhynchia latereplanata, Sphenorhynchia matisconensis, Sphenorhynchia multicostata, Sphenorhynchia plicatella, Sphenorhynchia plicatelloides, Sphenorhynchia subplicata, Sphenorhynchia tatiensis, Sphenorhynchia theresiae, Sphenorhynchia varicostata, Sphenorhynchia zraigensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Khashm Hisan, S1422, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Khashm Hisan, S1422
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