Wentzelellites Wu 1963 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Parent taxon: Wentzelellinae according to X.-D. Wang et al. 2006

See also Hill 1981, Minato and Kato 1965 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Iranophyllum, Lonsdaleiastraea, Multimurinus, Polythecalis, Praewentzelella, Pseudopolythecalis, Wentzelella, Wentzellophyllum, Zhurihephyllum, Wentzelloides, Xizangophyllum, Maoyingophyllum, Houchangophyllum, Parairanophylloides

Subtaxa: Wentzelellites dafangensis Wentzelellites harrisoni Wentzelellites liuzhiensis Wentzelellites maolipenhongensis Wentzelellites senni Wentzelellites sicula Wentzelellites xainzaensis

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Type: Wentzelella sicula

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (4 collections), Iran (1), Italy (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (2)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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