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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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