Huayunophyllum Zeng 1959 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Alternative spelling: Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum)

Full reference: T. C. Zeng. 1959. A new Upper Permian tetracoral, Huayunophyllum. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 7:499-501

Parent taxon: Waagenophyllinae according to X.-D. Wang et al. 2018

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

Sister taxa: Akagophyllum, Chielasma, Chihsiaphyllum, Gyanyimaphyllum, Heritschiella, Huangia, Ipciphyllum, Paraipciphyllum, Parawentzelella, Pavastehphyllum, Pseudocarniaphyllum, Pseudohuangia, Thomasiphyllum, Waagenophyllum, Yokoyamaella

Subtaxa: Huayunophyllum curvatum Huayunophyllum irregulare Huayunophyllum xiaganjanense Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) aequitabulatum Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) guangxiense Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) kanense Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) longlinense Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) minor Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) pamiricum Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) taipingense Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) teratoideum

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Type: Huayunophyllum aequitabulatum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Cambodia (1 collection), China (11), Tajikistan (7)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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