Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Synonyms: Bihenithyris simulans Cooper 1989, Bihenithyris triangulata Cooper 1989
Full reference: H. M. Muir-Wood. 1935. Jurassic Brachiopoda. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 75-147
Belongs to Bihenithyris according to G. A. Cooper 1983
See also Alméras et al. 2010, Cooper 1989 and Muir-Wood 1935
Sister taxa: Bihenithyris abnormis, Bihenithyris barringtoni, Bihenithyris bicanaliculata, Bihenithyris deformata, Bihenithyris mediocostata, Bihenithyris quadrilobata, Bihenithyris rectimarginata
Type specimens:
- Bihenithyris weiri: Its type locality is Madashon, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia
- Bihenithyris simulans: Its type locality is Barra Graben, S1469, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia.
- Bihenithyris triangulata: Its type locality is Ghat Ghat, S1790, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Israel (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (25), Somalia (2), Tunisia (1), Yemen (4)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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