†Arabatia africana Weir 1929 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Alternative combination: Charltonithyris africana
Full reference: J. Weir. 1929. Jurassic Fossils from Jubaland, East Africa, Collected by V. G. Glenday, And the Jurassic Geology of Somaliland. Monographs of the Geological Department of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University 1-63
Belongs to Arabatia according to Y. Alméras et al. 2010
See also Muir-Wood 1935
Sister taxa: Arabatia arabica, Arabatia bihinensis, Arabatia dubia, Arabatia rotunda
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Kenya (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (4), Somalia (3)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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