Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae

Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1972. Silurian rugose corals of the Klamath Mountains region, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 738:1-50

Parent taxon: Kyphophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Merriam 1972 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Donacophyllum, Entelophylloides, Kyphophyllinae, Kyphophyllum, Maikottaphyllum, Neokyphophyllum, Pilophylloides, Pilophyllum, Pseudoendophyllum, Strombodes

Subtaxa: Wintunastraea stanleyi

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Type: Wintunastraea stanleyi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS. loc. M1135, south end of Chastain Ridge, Klamath Mountains (Silurian of California)

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