Plectoidothyris circulare Cooper 1989

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Alternative combination: Pleuraloma circulare

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

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

See also Cooper 1989

Sister taxa: Plectoidothyris polyplecta, Oligorhytisia magnifica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zilfi, S293, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of Saudi Arabia

Distribution: found only at Zilfi, S293

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