Yatsengia elegans Wang 1978 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae

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

Belongs to Yatsengia according to H. D. Wang 1978

Sister taxa: Yatsengia asiatica, Yatsengia cambodgiense, Yatsengia crassitheca, Yatsengia dayongensis, Yatsengia gigantea, Yatsengia hangchowensis, Yatsengia hupeiensis, Yatsengia ibukiensis, Yatsengia kabayamensis, Yatsengia kiangsuensis, Yatsengia kuzuensis, Yatsengia nondissepimenta, Yatsengia retiformis, Yatsengia simplex, Yatsengia singularis, Yatsengia sisophonensis, Yatsengia suzukii, Yatsengia tuanshanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shazichang, Maokou Fm, Yanhe County, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shazichang, Maokou Fm, Yanhe County

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