Akagophyllum Minato and Kato 1965 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Full reference: M. Minato and M. Kato. 1965. Waagenophyllidae. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 12:1-242

Parent taxon: Waagenophyllinae according to X.-D. Wang et al. 2018

See also Hill 1981, Minato and Kato 1965, Sepkoski 2002 and Wang et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Chielasma, Chihsiaphyllum, Gyanyimaphyllum, Heritschiella, Huangia, Huayunophyllum, Ipciphyllum, Paraipciphyllum, Parawentzelella, Pavastehphyllum, Pseudocarniaphyllum, Pseudohuangia, Thomasiphyllum, Waagenophyllum, Yokoyamaella

Subtaxa: Akagophyllum akagoense Akagophyllum coqenense Akagophyllum guangxiense Akagophyllum hasegawai Akagophyllum latizonum Akagophyllum multitabulatum Akagophyllum neimongolense Akagophyllum nogamie Akagophyllum polygonalis Akagophyllum tenuis Akagophyllum tibeticum Akagophyllum yabei

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Type: Lonsdaleia (Waagenophyllum) indica akagoensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (5 collections), Iran (1), Japan (3)

• Carboniferous of China (2)

Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences

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