Lytvophyllum sustutense Fedorowski et al. 2007 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Full reference: J. Fedorowski, E. W. Bamber, and C. H. Stevens. 2007. Lower Permian colonial rugose corals, western and northwestern Pangaea: taxonomy and distribution 1-231

Belongs to Lytvophyllum according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Lytvophyllum flexuosum, Lytvophyllum hongi, Lytvophyllum mongeri, Lytvophyllum tschernowi, Lytvophyllum wersonae

Type specimen: GSC 71577. Its type locality is GSC C-37890, Sustut Peak, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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