†Heritschioides mahallatensis Flügel 1990 (horn coral)
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Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Full reference: H. W. Flügel. 1990. Korallen aus dem Mittel-Perm Irans (Aufsammlung O. Thiele). Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 133:523-536
Belongs to Heritschioides according to H. W. Flügel 1990
Sister taxa: Heritschioides (Eoheritschioides), Heritschioides (Heritschioides), Heritschioides armstrongi, Heritschioides carneyi, Heritschioides columbicum, Heritschioides wexoi
Type specimen: 72 TM 18/2. Its type locality is Mahallat, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in Iran.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mahallat
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