Amplexocarinia yunnanensis Wang 1986 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae

Full reference: Z. Wang. 1986. Middle Devonian rugose corals from Shidian County, Yunnan. Geological Review 32(6):596-600

Belongs to Amplexocarinia according to Z. Wang 1986

Sister taxa: Amplexocarinia abichi, Amplexocarinia alternans, Amplexocarinia beyrichi, Amplexocarinia chilungensis, Amplexocarinia cristata, Amplexocarinia dentiformis, Amplexocarinia geyeri, Amplexocarinia geyeri, Amplexocarinia jiangxiensis, Amplexocarinia kangmarensis, Amplexocarinia muralis, Amplexocarinia subtilis, Amplexocarinia xainzaensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shidian County, Malutang Formation, which is in an Eifelian marine limestone/marl in the Malutang Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shidian County, Malutang Formation

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