†Heterastridium Reuss 1865 (fire coral)
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Hydrozoa - Milleporina - Heterastrididae
Synonym: Stoliczkaria
Parent taxon: Heterastrididae according to G. D. Stanley and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1999
See also Bayer et al. 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Heterastridium conglobatum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (2 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia), Cyprus (1), Indonesia (4), Iran (5), Mexico (3), New Caledonia (1), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (4), Tajikistan (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (29: Alaska)
• Permian of China (2)
Total: 57 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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