Bihenithyris deformata Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213

Belongs to Bihenithyris according to G. A. Cooper 1989

Sister taxa: Bihenithyris abnormis, Bihenithyris barringtoni, Bihenithyris bicanaliculata, Bihenithyris mediocostata, Bihenithyris quadrilobata, Bihenithyris rectimarginata, Bihenithyris weiri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Barra Graben, S1467, 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 Saudi Arabia (1 collection), Yemen (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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