ammonites
Burmirhynchia jirbaensis Muir-Wood 1935 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Full reference: H. M. Muir-Wood. 1935. Jurassic Brachiopoda. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 75-147

Belongs to Burmirhynchia according to H. M. Muir-Wood 1935

Sister taxa: Burmirhynchia altilis, Burmirhynchia angustata, Burmirhynchia asiatica, Burmirhynchia athiensis, Burmirhynchia bicostata, Burmirhynchia cavagnarii, Burmirhynchia cuneata, Burmirhynchia cuneata, Burmirhynchia decorticata, Burmirhynchia flabilis, Burmirhynchia lobata, Burmirhynchia luchiangensis, Burmirhynchia magna, Burmirhynchia moulani, Burmirhynchia nierongensis, Burmirhynchia nyainrongensis, Burmirhynchia parva, Burmirhynchia quinquiplicata, Burmirhynchia rostrata, Burmirhynchia shanensis, Burmirhynchia subnasuta, Burmirhynchia termierae, Burmirhynchia trilobata, Burmirhynchia turgida, Burmirhynchia versabilis, Burmirhynchia weiri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jirba Range, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder