Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Full reference: J. A. Douglas. 1936. A Permo-Carboniferous fauna from south-west Persia (Iran). Palaeontologia Indica, New Series 22:1-59
Parent taxon: Wentzellophyllinae according to X.-D. Wang et al. 2018
See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981, Minato and Kato 1965, Sepkoski 2002 and Wang et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Lonsdaleiastraea, Multimurinus, Polythecalis, Praewentzelella, Pseudopolythecalis, Wentzelella, Wentzellophyllum, Zhurihephyllum, Wentzelellites, Wentzelloides, Xizangophyllum, Maoyingophyllum, Houchangophyllum, Parairanophylloides
Subtaxa: Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) Iranophyllum (Laophyllum) Iranophyllum aequabilis Iranophyllum cylindricum Iranophyllum elegantum Iranophyllum guizhouense Iranophyllum pahangense Iranophyllum shirasakiense Iranophyllum xainzaense Iranophyllum zhongguoense
Type: Iranophyllum splendens
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (8 collections), Iran (3), Japan (2), Laos (1), Malaysia (5), Myanmar (1), Pakistan (1), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (3), Vietnam (1)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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