Wentzelella (Wentzelella) wynnei Waagen and Wentzel 1886 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Alternative combination: Lonsdaleia wynnei

Full reference: W. Waagen and J. Wentzel. 1886. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part VI. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(6):835-924

Belongs to Wentzelella (Wentzelella) according to W. Blendinger and H. W. Flügel 1990

See also Minato and Kato 1965 and Waagen and Wentzel 1886

Sister taxa: Wentzelella (Wentzelella) annae, Wentzelella (Wentzelella) densicolumnata, Wentzelella (Wentzelella) katoi, Wentzelella (Wentzelella) osobudaniensis, Wentzelella (Wentzelella) pauciseptata, Wentzelella (Wentzelella) regularis, Wentzelella (Wentzelella) salinaria, Wentzelella (Wentzelella) simplex, Wentzelella (Wentzelella) ussurica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Katta, coral beds, Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Oman (1 collection), Pakistan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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