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 H. R. Feldman et al. 2023
See also Alméras et al. 2010 and 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 modesta, Sphriganaria nasuta
Type specimen: Its type locality is KK7, Al Bakhra, Dorsetensia Zone, which is in a Bajocian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Jordan (12 collections), Saudi Arabia (2)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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