Pseudopolythecalis minor Wang 1978 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Full reference: H. D. Wang. 1978. Anthozoa. Paleontological Atlas of Southwest China, Guizhou Volume 2:106-189

Belongs to Pseudopolythecalis according to H. D. Wang 1978

Sister taxa: Pseudopolythecalis attenuseptatum, Pseudopolythecalis elegans, Pseudopolythecalis intermedis, Pseudopolythecalis tibeticus, Pseudopolythecalis xizangensis, Pseudopolythecalis yanheensis, Pseudopolythecalis ziyunensis, Pseudopolythecalis zunyiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Maoshajing, Baina, Dafang, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Maoshajing, Baina, Dafang

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