Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Belongs to Liospiriferina according to G. A. Cooper 1989
Sister taxa: Liospiriferina acuta, Liospiriferina aequiglobata, Liospiriferina alpina, Liospiriferina apenninica, Liospiriferina aradasi, Liospiriferina brevirostris, Liospiriferina falloti, Liospiriferina globosa, Liospiriferina gryphoidea, Liospiriferina gumbeli, Liospiriferina handeli, Liospiriferina moriconii, Liospiriferina obesa, Liospiriferina obovata, Liospiriferina obtusa, Liospiriferina pichleri, Liospiriferina praerostrata, Liospiriferina rostrata, Liospiriferina semicircularis, Liospiriferina sicula, Liospiriferina subquadrata, Liospiriferina villosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Al Jufayr, S1034, which is in a Toarcian shallow subtidal limestone in the Marrat Formation of Saudi Arabia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Al Jufayr, S1034
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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