Rhynchopora wynnei Waagen 1883 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

Alternative combination: Rhynchonella wynnei

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1883. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 2. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):391-546

Belongs to Rhynchopora according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

See also Frech 1911, Schellwien 1900, Termier et al. 1974 and Waagen 1883

Sister taxa: Rhynchopora abnormalis, Rhynchopora angulatiplicata, Rhynchopora arctica, Rhynchopora australasica, Rhynchopora beecheri, Rhynchopora bicostata, Rhynchopora complanata, Rhynchopora culta, Rhynchopora depressa, Rhynchopora dossena, Rhynchopora geinitziana, Rhynchopora grandirostris, Rhynchopora guadalupensis, Rhynchopora hebetata, Rhynchopora illinoisensis, Rhynchopora inconstantis, Rhynchopora kochi, Rhynchopora lobjaensis, Rhynchopora magna, Rhynchopora magnicosta, Rhynchopora matsumotoi, Rhynchopora molina, Rhynchopora nikitini, Rhynchopora palumbula, Rhynchopora patula, Rhynchopora relegata, Rhynchopora sansabensis, Rhynchopora scorsa, Rhynchopora solonensis, Rhynchopora sphenoides, Rhynchopora subtrigonalis, Rhynchopora taylori, Rhynchopora tchernyshae, Rhynchopora tenera, Rhynchopora tenuicostata, Rhynchopora tripartita, Rhynchopora variabilis, Rhynchopora zaljakensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kalabagh, limit between Middle and Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Laos (1 collection), Pakistan (6), Slovenia (1)

• Carboniferous of India (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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