†Thomasiphyllum carcinophylloides Douglas 1936 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Alternative combinations: Iranophyllum carcinophylloides, Pavastehphyllum (Sakamotosawanella) carcinophylloides

Full reference: J. A. Douglas. 1936. A Permo-Carboniferous fauna from south-west Persia (Iran). Palaeontologia Indica, New Series 22:1-59

Belongs to Thomasiphyllum according to W. S. Wu and Y. S. Zhang 1979

See also Douglas 1936 and Minato and Kato 1965

Sister taxa: Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) arachnoides, Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) nantanense, Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) pendulum, Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) reticulatum, Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) spongifolium, Pavastehphyllum (Thomasiphyllum) stehlii, Thomasiphyllum jiangxiense, Thomasiphyllum luodianense, Thomasiphyllum maoyingense, Thomasiphyllum meyaoense, Thomasiphyllum ziyunense

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Iran (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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