Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Alternative spelling: Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum)
Full reference: M. Minato and M. Kato. 1965. Waagenophyllidae. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 12:1-242
Parent taxon: Waagenophyllinae according to X.-D. Wang et al. 2006
See also Ding 1995, Hill 1981 and Minato and Kato 1965
Sister taxa: Akagophyllum, Chielasma, Chihsiaphyllum, Gyanyimaphyllum, Heritschiella, Huangia, Huayunophyllum, Ipciphyllum, Paraipciphyllum, Parawentzelella, Pavastehphyllum, Pseudocarniaphyllum, Pseudohuangia, Waagenophyllum, Yokoyamaella
Subtaxa: Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) arachnoides Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) nantanense Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) pendulum Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) reticulatum Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) spongifolium Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) stehlii Thomasiphyllum carcinophylloides Thomasiphyllum jiangxiense Thomasiphyllum luodianense Thomasiphyllum maoyingense Thomasiphyllum meyaoense Thomasiphyllum ziyunense
Type: Iranophyllum spongifolium
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (9 collections), Indonesia (1), Iran (2), Tunisia (1)
• Carboniferous of China (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
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