†Somalithyris rotundata Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Belongs to Somalithyris according to G. A. Cooper 1989
Sister taxa: Somalithyris bihendulensis, Somalithyris elliptica, Somalithyris macfadyeni, Somalithyris ovata, Somalithyris parva, Somalithyris subcircularis, Somalithyris triangulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wadi Hamr, S776, which is in an Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hanifa Formation of Saudi Arabia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Wadi Hamr, S776
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