ammonites
Plekonella acuta Campbell 1953 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Full reference: K.S.W. Campbell. 1953. The fauna of the Permo-Carboniferous Ingelara beds of Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Dept. of Geology 4(3):3-43

Belongs to Plekonella according to M. J. Clarke 1987

Sister taxa: Plekonella campbelli, Plekonella iniquitas, Plekonella multicostata, Plekonella rara, Plekonella southlandensis

Type specimen: UQ F14229, a shell (Conjoined shell). Its type locality is UQ L999, Dry Creek, Ingelara, which is in a Capitanian coastal mudstone in the Peawaddy Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 9.93 x 10.35, valve 9.53 x 10.31