Squamularia postgrandis Waterhouse 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1983. A Late Permian lyttoniid fauna from northwest Thailand. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 10(3):111-153

Belongs to Squamularia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1983

Sister taxa: Squamularia dieneri, Squamularia elegantuloides, Squamularia marcouxi, Squamularia pulcherrima, Squamularia rotundata, Squamularia suborbicularis, Squamularia superba, Squamularia umbonalis

Type specimen: TBR 470. Its type locality is Huai Mae Phlung, Doi Pha Phlung 20F, Lampang Province, which is in a Changhsingian marine shale in the Huai Tak Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Huai Mae Phlung, Doi Pha Phlung 20F, Lampang Province

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