†Apatecosia inornata Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Belongs to Apatecosia according to H. R. Feldman et al. 2001
See also Cooper 1989
Sister taxa: Apatecosia nutiensis, Apatecosia ovata, Apatecosia varians, Gyrosina rotunda
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hassaiyan Well, S459, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of Saudi Arabia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Israel (2 collections), Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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