Amphipora ninglangensis Dong 1989 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Amphiporida - Amphiporidae

Full reference: D. Y. Dong. 1989. Devonian stromatoporoids from Ninglang of Yunnan. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 6(2):171-178

Belongs to Amphipora according to D. Y. Dong 1989

Sister taxa: Amphipora amplusa, Amphipora aperta, Amphipora moravica, Amphipora ramosa, Amphipora rhapida, Amphipora vacuite

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nuguhu, Ninglang County, which is in an Emsian/Eifelian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Dacaozi Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Nuguhu, Ninglang County

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