Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Alternative spelling: Eudesia (Sphriganaria)
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Parent taxon: Eudesiidae according to H. R. Feldman et al. 2023
See also Alméras et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Eudesia, Flabellothyris, Praeudesia, Xenorina
Subtaxa: Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Eudesia (Sphriganaria) rollieri Sphriganaria anyamiae Sphriganaria bicostata Sphriganaria capax Sphriganaria concentrica Sphriganaria costata Sphriganaria costellata Sphriganaria curtirostra Sphriganaria expansa Sphriganaria irregularis Sphriganaria modesta Sphriganaria nasuta Sphriganaria subcircularis
Type: Sphriganaria modesta
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), Ethiopia (1), Jordan (28), Saudi Arabia (97)
Total: 127 collections including 194 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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