Asserculinia elegans Wu and Wang 1974 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Metriophyllidae

Full reference: W. S. Wu and Z. H. Wang. 1974. Permian corals. Handbook of the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Southwest China 296-299

Belongs to Asserculinia according to W. S. Wu and Z. H. Wang 1974

Sister taxa: Asserculinia abnormis, Asserculinia orbiculata, Asserculinia solida

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wenxing Town, Changxing Fm, Beipei County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wenxing Town, Changxing Fm, Beipei County

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