Macrotheca wynnei Waagen 1880

Hyolithomorpha - Toxeumorphorida

Full reference: W. H. Waagen. 1880. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part II. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(2):73-183

Belongs to Macrotheca according to J. S. Peel and E. L. Yochelson 1984

See also Waagen 1880

Sister taxon: Macrotheca almgreeni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Katwahi, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Wynne coll), which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 124.0

Distribution: found only at Near Katwahi, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Wynne coll)

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