Imbricatocoelia guangnanensis Fan et al. 1987 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Alternative combination: Uvanella guangnanensis

Full reference: J. S. Fan, W. Zhang, J. W. Qi and J. Z. Wang. 1987. On the main feature of Lower Permian reefs in Guangnan County, SE Yunnan Province and their frame-building organisms - Sphinctozoans. Scientia Geologica Sinica 1987:50-60

Belongs to Imbricatocoelia according to B. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2007

See also Fan et al. 1987

Sister taxa: Imbricatocoelia elongata, Imbricatocoelia irregulara, Imbricatocoelia lichatchevi, Imbricatocoelia obconica, Imbricatocoelia ramosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dongnameng, Guangnan County, which is in a Wordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Maokou Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dongnameng, Guangnan County

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