Australotheca kirkbyi Howse 1857

Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Australothecidae

Alternative combinations: Hyolithes kirkbyi, Theca kirkbyi

Full reference: R. Howse. 1857. XXXVI. Notes on the Permian system of the counties of Durham and Northumberland. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 19(114):463-473

Belongs to Australotheca according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Geinitz 1861, Howse 1857 and Malinky and Mapes 1983

Sister taxon: Australotheca lanceolata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tunstall Hill, shell limestone, Durham (Kirkby collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian perireef or subreef grainstone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom

Distribution: found only at Tunstall Hill, shell limestone, Durham (Kirkby collection)

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