Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Alternative combination: Iranophyllum splendens
Full reference: J. A. Douglas. 1936. A Permo-Carboniferous fauna from south-west Persia (Iran). Palaeontologia Indica, New Series 22:1-59
Belongs to Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) according to M. Minato and M. Kato 1965
See also Douglas 1936 and Fontaine 1961
Sister taxa: Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) amygdalophylloideum, Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) igrimjusicum, Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) indicum, Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) tunicatum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tapileh, which is in a Guadalupian carbonate limestone in Iran
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Iran (1 collection), Vietnam (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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