Dorsoplicathyris angustata Cooper 1989

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae

Alternative combination: Tanyothyris angustata

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

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

See also Cooper 1989

Sister taxa: Dorsoplicathyris amygdalis, Dorsoplicathyris chantalae, Dorsoplicathyris circularis, Dorsoplicathyris cuvergnatensis, Dorsoplicathyris deslongchampsi, Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata, Dorsoplicathyris enayi, Dorsoplicathyris hugueneyi, Dorsoplicathyris mangoldi, Dorsoplicathyris nepalensis, Dorsoplicathyris ovalis, Dorsoplicathyris parallela, Dorsoplicathyris pentagonalis, Dorsoplicathyris recta, Dorsoplicathyris subinsignis, Dorsoplicathyris symmetrica, Dorsoplicathyris tenuiplicata, Dorsoplicathyris theveleyensis, Pentithyris pelagica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zilfi, S154, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of Saudi Arabia

Distribution: found only at Zilfi, S154

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