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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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