Pterospirifer waageni Waterhouse 2004 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 2004. Permian and Triassic stratigraphy and fossils of the Himalaya in northern Nepal. Earthwise 6:1-259

Belongs to Pterospirifer according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

Sister taxa: Pterospirifer alatus, Pterospirifer terechovi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Amb, "Chonetes Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wordian coastal sandstone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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