Heritschioides columbicum Smith 1935 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae

Alternative combination: Waagenophyllum columbicum

Full reference: S. Smith. 1935. Two Anthracolithic corals from British Columbia, and related species from the Tethys. Journal of Paleontology 9:30-42

Belongs to Heritschioides according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2013

See also Smith 1935 and Wilson 1980

Sister taxa: Heritschioides (Eoheritschioides), Heritschioides (Heritschioides), Heritschioides armstrongi, Heritschioides carneyi, Heritschioides mahallatensis, Heritschioides wexoi

Type specimen: GSC 9059. Its type locality is Ridge between Blind and Barslow Creeks, near Keremeos, which is in a Serpukhovian/Bashkirian carbonate limestone in the Blind Creek Limestone Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Oman (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of Canada (3: British Columbia)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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