Chusenophyllum guichiense Chen and Yan 1983 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Full reference: H. C. Chen and Y. Y. Yan. 1983. Taxonomic descriptions, in Chusenophyllum (Rugose coral) from the Chihsia Formation of Lower Permian, southern Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22(5):510-516

Belongs to Chusenophyllum according to H. C. Chen and Y. Y. Yan 1983

Sister taxa: Chusenophyllum anhuiense, Chusenophyllum annulatum, Chusenophyllum asteroidea, Chusenophyllum breviseptatum, Chusenophyllum chaohuense, Chusenophyllum chaoxianense, Chusenophyllum huadianense, Chusenophyllum intermedium, Chusenophyllum intermedium, Chusenophyllum jiangningense, Chusenophyllum multiseptatum, Chusenophyllum paeonoidea, Chusenophyllum petalaxoidea, Chusenophyllum pingdingshanense, Chusenophyllum tunliangense, Chusenophyllum tunliangensis, Polythecalis (Chusenophyllum) propinquus

Type specimen: Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-613. Its type locality is Yangtiantang, Bed 10, Guankou, Guichi County, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Iran (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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