Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum Jeffords 1947 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae

Alternative combination: Stereostylus absitus

Synonym: Lophophyllidium spinosum Jeffords 1947

Belongs to Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) according to J. Fedorowski 1987

Sister taxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) compressum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) confertum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) distortum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) dunbari, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) plummeri, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) skinneri, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) westii, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) wewokanum

Type specimens:

  • Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum: Its type locality is Baldwin, Toronto Limestone, Douglas, which is in a Virgilian marine limestone in the Oread Formation of Kansas
  • Lophophyllidium spinosum: Its type locality is Graham, Young, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Graham Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), East Timor (1), United States (1: Texas), Venezuela (1)

• Virgilian of United States (28: Kansas, Texas)

• Carboniferous of United States (5: Texas)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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