Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Alternative combinations: Lonsdaleia (Waagenophyllum) indica, Lonsdaleia indica, Waagenophyllum indicum
Full reference: W. Waagen and J. Wentzel. 1886. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part VI. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(6):835-924
Belongs to Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) according to J. W. Shen et al. 1998
See also Diener 1897, Fontaine 1961, Hudson 1958, Kamei et al. 1962, Mansuy 1912, Minato 1943, Minato and Kato 1965 and Waagen and Wentzel 1886
Sister taxa: Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) akasakense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) asperum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) carinatum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) ciliense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) compactum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) crassiseptum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) elegantulum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) gyanyimaense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) huangi, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) intermedium, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) kueichowense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) longiseptatum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) minutum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) ngariense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) novaezelandiae, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) okinawense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) oriensis, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) polyseptatum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) pulchrum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) ramosum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) simplex, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) smithi, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) tachtabulasicum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) virgalense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) yini, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) yunnanense
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (5 collections), Azerbaijan (7), China (7), Iran (4), Japan (4), Laos (1), Malaysia (1), Pakistan (14), Slovenia (1), Vietnam (1)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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