Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Full reference: H. M. Muir-Wood. 1935. Jurassic Brachiopoda. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 75-147
Parent taxon: Postepithyrididae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arceythyris, Caryona, Conarothyris, Crispithyris, Epithyris, Euidothyris, Ferrythyris, Galliennithyris, Gigantothyris, Glyphisaria, Habrobrochus, Heimia, Holcothyris, Juralina, Kutchithyris, Maritimithyris, Millythyris, Moeschia, Peculneithyris, Perrierithyris, Petalothyris, Plectoidothyris, Postepithyris, Pseudoaulacothyris, Thadiqithyris, Xestosina
Subtaxa: Somalithyris bihendulensis Somalithyris elliptica Somalithyris macfadyeni Somalithyris ovata Somalithyris parva Somalithyris rotundata Somalithyris subcircularis Somalithyris triangulata
Type: Somalithyris macfadyeni
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Israel (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (9), Somalia (2), Yemen (1)
Total: 13 collections including 19 occurrences
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