Stylina dongqoensis Liao and Li 1980 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Full reference: W. Liao and Z. R. Li. 1980. Jurassic Scleractinia from Amdo, northern Xizang. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 19(3):228-238

Belongs to Stylina according to W. Liao and Z. R. Li 1980

Sister taxa: Stylina alba, Stylina algarvensis, Stylina amdoensis, Stylina anthemoides, Stylina arborea, Stylina arkansasensis, Stylina babeana, Stylina balsami, Stylina bangoinensis, Stylina bucheti, Stylina bulgarica, Stylina bullosa, Stylina capellini, Stylina carthagiensis, Stylina ceriomorpha, Stylina constricta, Stylina cotteaui, Stylina decemradiata, Stylina delabechei, Stylina deluci, Stylina dendroidea, Stylina digitiformis, Stylina dubia, Stylina echinulata, Stylina elegans, Stylina esmuni, Stylina favrei, Stylina fenestralis, Stylina girodi, Stylina granulosa, Stylina higoensis, Stylina hirta, Stylina hourcqi, Stylina inflata, Stylina insignis, Stylina intermedia, Stylina inwaldensis, Stylina japonica, Stylina kachensis, Stylina kantoensis, Stylina laevicostata, Stylina lobata, Stylina lortphillipsi, Stylina mabutii, Stylina macfadyeni, Stylina madagascariensis, Stylina meriani, Stylina microcoenia, Stylina micrommata, Stylina micropora, Stylina minuta, Stylina nakasai, Stylina ndalakashensis, Stylina niongalensis, Stylina oolitica, Stylina pachystylina, Stylina parcicosta, Stylina parvipora, Stylina parviramosa, Stylina perroni, Stylina pleionantha, Stylina ploti, Stylina qiebulaensis, Stylina reussi, Stylina reussii, Stylina sablensis, Stylina savi, Stylina shamoloensis, Stylina sinemuriensis, Stylina stellata, Stylina subjecta, Stylina subornata, Stylina sucrensis, Stylina sugiyamai, Stylina tabulata, Stylina tenax, Stylina tertia, Stylina thiessingi, Stylina tubulifera, Stylina tubulosa, Stylina valfinensis, Plesiostylina hourcqi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Amdo County, Tanggula Mountains, which is in a Jurassic perireef or subreef limestone in China

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Amdo County, Tanggula Mountains

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