Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Belongs to Stereostylus according to Z. G. Zhu and J. M. Zhao 1992
Sister taxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium), Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium), Lophophyllidium acostatum, Lophophyllidium columellum, Lophophyllidium compactum, Lophophyllidium crassiseptatum, Lophophyllidium interseptatum, Lophophyllidium jiezhangense, Lophophyllidium kayseri, Lophophyllidium liangshanense, Lophophyllidium multiseptum, Lophophyllidium nucleum, Lophophyllidium pendulum, Lophophyllidium profundum, Lophophyllidium proliferum, Lophophyllidium robustum, Lophophyllidium siamense, Lophophyllidium striatum, Lophophyllidium vallum, Lophophyllidium vidriensis, Lophophyllidium vietnamense, Lophophyllidium xiangyashanense, Lophophyllidium zaphrentoidea, Stereostylus bollibokkensis, Stereostylus xizangensis, Sinophyllum clavaeformis, Sinophyllum parvum, Sinophyllum pendulum, Sinophyllum breviseptatum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Osage City, which is in a Virgilian marine limestone in the Howard Formation of Kansas
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Kansas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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