†Conarothyris arabicum Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Alternative combination: Toxonelasma arabicum
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Belongs to Conarothyris according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Cooper 1989
Sister taxa: Conarothyris eudesi, Conarothyris opima, Pionothyris eudesiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Al Jurayfah, S1618, which is in a Bajocian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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