Yatsengia tuanshanensis Chen and Yan 1982 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae

Full reference: M. J. Chen and Y. Y. Yan. 1982. Anthozoan taxonomic names. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:108-179

Belongs to Yatsengia according to M. J. Chen and Y. Y. Yan 1982

Sister taxa: Yatsengia asiatica, Yatsengia cambodgiense, Yatsengia crassitheca, Yatsengia dayongensis, Yatsengia elegans, 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

Type specimen: Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-596. Its type locality is Tuanshan, Nanhua, Jiangning County, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tuanshan, Nanhua, Jiangning County

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