Huayunophyllum irregulare Wu and Wang 1974 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

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 Huayunophyllum according to W. S. Wu and Z. H. Wang 1974

See also Yang and Lu 1980

Sister taxa: Huayunophyllum curvatum, Huayunophyllum xiaganjanense, Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) aequitabulatum, Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) guangxiense, Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) kanense, Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) longlinense, Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) minor, Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) pamiricum, Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) taipingense, Waagenophyllum (Huayunophyllum) teratoideum

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:

• Permian of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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