Pterotheca simplex Reed 1909 (diatom)

Bacillariophyceae

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1909. Lower Palaeozoic Hyolithidae from Girvan. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 47:203-222

Belongs to Pterotheca according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Clarkson et al. 1995 and Reed 1909

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan, which is in a Burrellian carbonate limestone in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan

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