Wyndhamia jukesi Etheridge Jr. 1880 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Alternative combination: Strophalosia jukesii

Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1880. On a collection of fossils from the Bowen River coalfield and the limestone of the Fanning River, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 5:263-328

Belongs to Wyndhamia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1982

See also Clarke 1969, Etheridge 1880 and Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960

Sister taxa: Wyndhamia gijigensis, Wyndhamia multituberculata, Wyndhamia sphenarctica, Wyndhamia tjuvaevi, Wyndhamia typica, Wyndhamia valida

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (4 collections), New Zealand (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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