Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Synonyms: Pionopleurum compactum Cooper 1989, Sphaeroidothyris compactum Cooper 1989, Sphaeroidothyris sphaeroidalis Sowerby 1825, Terebratula sphaeroidalis Sowerby 1825
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Belongs to Sphaeroidothyris according to G. A. Cooper 1989
See also Alméras et al. 2010, Cooper 1983 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Sphaeroidothyris browni, Sphaeroidothyris decipiens, Sphaeroidothyris doultingensis, Sphaeroidothyris dubari, Sphaeroidothyris elmii, Sphaeroidothyris flatilis, Sphaeroidothyris globisphaeroidalis, Sphaeroidothyris henriquesae, Sphaeroidothyris lenthayensis, Sphaeroidothyris naxensis, Sphaeroidothyris obesum, Sphaeroidothyris pentagonalis, Sphaeroidothyris perfida, Sphaeroidothyris trifonovi, Sphaeroidothyris uretae, Sphaeroidothyris vari, Sphaeroidothyris vinneyensis
Type specimens:
- Sphaeroidothyris arabica: Its type locality is Khashm Mashraq, S1001, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia
- Pionopleurum compactum: Its type locality is Beladin, S1447, which is in a Bajocian/Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia.
- Sphaeroidothyris sphaeroidalis:
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1 collection), France (4), Saudi Arabia (7)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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