Margarophyllia zhenfengensis Deng and Kong 1984 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Full reference: Z. Q. Deng and L. Kong. 1984. Middle Triassic corals and sponges from southern Guizhou and eastern Yunnan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(4):489-504

Belongs to Margarophyllia according to Z. Q. Deng and L. Kong 1984

Sister taxa: Margarophyllia capitata, Margarophyllia crenata, Margarophyllia decora, Margarophyllia inculta, Margarophyllia peristicta, Margarophyllia stylophylloides, Margarophyllia vortica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xia'an, Zhenfeng (Chen-feng), which is in a Longobardian platform/shelf-margin reef reef rocks in the Zhuganpo Formation of China

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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