Wentzelophyllum Hudson 1958 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Full reference: R. G. S. Hudson. 1958. Permian corals from northern Iraq. Palaeontology 1(3):174-192

Parent taxon: Waagenophyllidae according to N. D. Khoa 1999

See also Fontaine 1983, Hill 1981, Minato and Kato 1965, Sepkoski 2002 and Wang et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Carinowaagenophyllum, Chombungia, Chusenophyllum, Maoriphyllum, Miyagiella, Monothecalis, Monsteraphyllum, Peiraphyllum, Symmetrites, Vesotabularia, Waagenophyllinae, Wentzellophyllinae, Xainzaphyllum

Subtaxa: Wentzelophyllum arminiae Wentzelophyllum chaoi Wentzelophyllum douglasi Wentzelophyllum eguchii Wentzelophyllum felseri Wentzelophyllum gelikhanense Wentzelophyllum hayasakai Wentzelophyllum intermedium Wentzelophyllum jenningsi Wentzelophyllum kinkiense Wentzelophyllum kueichowense Wentzelophyllum langpotangense Wentzelophyllum orientale Wentzelophyllum volzi

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (1), China (13), Iran (7), Iraq (1), Japan (2)

• Carboniferous of Japan (1)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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