†Goniothyris glendayi Weir 1929 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida
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 Goniothyris according to J. Weir 1929
Sister taxa: Goniothyris craneae, Goniothyris gracilis, Goniothyris gravida, Goniothyris hungarica, Goniothyris poleymiensis
Type specimen: L. 1662. Its type locality is Salagli, which is in an Oxfordian/Callovian carbonate limestone in the Juba Limestone Formation of Somalia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Salagli
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