Bayhaium Langenheim, Jr. and McCutcheon 1959 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Roemeriidae

Full reference: R. L. Langenheim, Jr. and V. A. McCutcheon. 1959. Bayhaium merriamorum, a New Permian Tabulate Coral From California. Journal of Paleontology 33(1):99-102

Parent taxon: Roemeriidae according to S. Niko 2009

See also Hill 1981, Langenheim and McCutcheon 1959 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Akasakapora, Pseudoroemeripora, Roemeria, Roemeripora

Subtaxa: Bayhaium liuzhaiense Bayhaium merriamorum Bayhaium nandanense Bayhaium virginiae

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Type: Bayhaium merriamorum

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (4 collections), United States (5: California)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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