Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Alternative combination: Lonsdaleia chinensis
Belongs to Polythecalis according to H. Z. Jia et al. 1977
See also Douglas 1936, Minato and Kato 1965 and Wu and Wang 1974
Sister taxa: Polythecalis (Polythecalis), Polythecalis abnormis, Polythecalis asthenotheca, Polythecalis bauryi, Polythecalis breviseptata, Polythecalis chandalasensis, Polythecalis chaoxianensis, Polythecalis chinmenensis, Polythecalis compacta, Polythecalis confluens, Polythecalis crassa, Polythecalis dupliformis, Polythecalis flatus, Polythecalis frechi, Polythecalis grayi, Polythecalis guankouensis, Polythecalis hexagonalis, Polythecalis hochowensis, Polythecalis houchangensis, Polythecalis huangi, Polythecalis huayunshanensis, Polythecalis irregularis, Polythecalis irregularis, Polythecalis khmerianus, Polythecalis langpoensis, Polythecalis leptoseptata, Polythecalis longiseptata, Polythecalis longliensis, Polythecalis minor, Polythecalis multicystosis, Polythecalis nankingensis, Polythecalis niuxingshanensis, Polythecalis polygonalis, Polythecalis raritabellata, Polythecalis regularis, Polythecalis regularis, Polythecalis rosiformis, Polythecalis shiqianensis, Polythecalis simplex, Polythecalis sinense, Polythecalis suzhouensis, Polythecalis tela, Polythecalis tonglingensis, Polythecalis variabilis, Polythecalis verbeekiellaina, Polythecalis verbeekielloides, Polythecalis wangi, Polythecalis wenganensis, Polythecalis wuweiensis, Polythecalis xuanenensis, Polythecalis yangtzeensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (14 collections), Iran (3)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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