Aulacothyris jubaensis Weir 1929 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

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 Aulacothyris according to J. Weir 1929

Sister taxa: Aulacothyris anatolica, Aulacothyris ballinensis, Aulacothyris canaliculata, Aulacothyris carinata, Aulacothyris cognata, Aulacothyris crewkerniensis, Aulacothyris doultingensis, Aulacothyris florella, Aulacothyris fuggeri, Aulacothyris geyeri, Aulacothyris gibba, Aulacothyris hypocirta, Aulacothyris iberica, Aulacothyris impressa, Aulacothyris incurvata, Aulacothyris joharensis, Aulacothyris karabugasensis, Aulacothyris loeffelholzii, Aulacothyris mandelslohi, Aulacothyris megacompressa, Aulacothyris meriani, Aulacothyris mira, Aulacothyris obesula, Aulacothyris pala, Aulacothyris praevaliana, Aulacothyris reclinata, Aulacothyris redunca, Aulacothyris reflexa, Aulacothyris resupinata, Aulacothyris simulatrix, Aulacothyris soror, Aulacothyris sparsa, Aulacothyris stevensi, Aulacothyris subalveata, Aulacothyris subruedti, Aulacothyris subsandlingensis, Aulacothyris supina, Aulacothyris telleri, Aulacothyris trochilus, Aulacothyris turgidula, Aulacothyris uralica, Aulacothyris waikatoensis, Aulacothyris zirlensis, Aulacothyris zugmayeri, Waldheimia (Aulacothyris) praepulchella

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dakatch (Juba Limestone), which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Juba Limestone Formation of Somalia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dakatch (Juba Limestone)

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