Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: H. R. Feldman and E. F. Owen. 1988. Goliathyris lewyi, new species (Brachiopoda, Terebratulacea) from the Jurassic of Gebel El-Minshera, northern Sinai. American Museum Novitates 2908:1-12

Parent taxon: Terebratulidina according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Feldman and Owen 1988 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cancellothyridoidea, Compositelasmatoidea, Cryptonelloidea, Dielasmatoidea, Dyscolioidea, Falciferula, Loboidothyridoidea, Mayaothyris, Orthotomidae, Pseudorhaetina, Stringocephaloidea, Terebratuloidea, Vex, Zenobiathyridae, Zenobiathyris

Subtaxa: Goliathyris lewyi

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Type: Goliathyris lewyi

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gebel El-Minshera (Jurassic of Egypt)

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