Table 2 in The oldest post-Paleozoic (Ladinian, Triassic) brachiopods from the Betic Range, SE Spain

Table 2. Comparison of main attributes on Misunithyris gen. nov. with those of the Early–Middle Jurassic multicostate zeilleriid representatives. TaxonRibbing patternDiagnostic features Dental platesCardinal processDorsal median septumBrachidiumStratigraphic distributionMisunithyrisanterior; radiate disposition; bifurcate; (often) intercalatethick-shelled, short, enveloped, subparallelpresentwell-developed and longlong-loopedLadinianTauromeniaanterior; radiate disposition; simple; (rare) bifurcateslender, short; ventrally divergentabsentlong, with large septaliumlong-looped(Rhaetian?) Sinemurian–Lower PliensbachianCalpellaanterior; radiate disposition; simplepresent, unknown orientationunknownprominent and longunknownSinemurianFimbriothyrisanterior; rare on lateral slopes; simpleslender, long; subparallelabsentrelatively short, blade-likepoorly knownupper Sinemurian– upper PliensbachianEudesiafully costae shell; radiate disposition; (often) bifurcateenveloped in callus, large, arcuatepresentmoderately long and highlong-loopedupper Bajocian– BathonianFlabellothyrisfully costae shell; radiate disposition; (not rare) bifurcate and intercalateslender, short; ventrally divergentabsentshortlong-loopedupper Bajocian– Callovian