Sphriganaria modesta Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae

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

Belongs to Sphriganaria according to G. A. Cooper 1989

Sister taxa: Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides, Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis, Eudesia (Sphriganaria) rollieri, Sphriganaria anyamiae, Sphriganaria bicostata, Sphriganaria capax, Sphriganaria concentrica, Sphriganaria costata, Sphriganaria costellata, Sphriganaria curtirostra, Sphriganaria expansa, Sphriganaria irregularis, Sphriganaria nasuta, Sphriganaria subcircularis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wadi Atj, S1295, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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