Sphaeroidothyris obesum Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Alternative combination: Pionopleurum obesum

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

Belongs to Sphaeroidothyris according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Cooper 1989

Sister taxa: Sphaeroidothyris arabica, Sphaeroidothyris browni, Sphaeroidothyris decipiens, Sphaeroidothyris doultingensis, Sphaeroidothyris dubari, Sphaeroidothyris elmii, Sphaeroidothyris flatilis, Sphaeroidothyris globisphaeroidalis, Sphaeroidothyris henriquesae, Sphaeroidothyris lenthayensis, Sphaeroidothyris naxensis, Sphaeroidothyris pentagonalis, Sphaeroidothyris perfida, Sphaeroidothyris trifonovi, Sphaeroidothyris uretae, Sphaeroidothyris vari, Sphaeroidothyris vinneyensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jebel Balaidiyah, S1446, 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 (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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