Ipciphyllum tenuitheca Yan and Chen 1982 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

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

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

Sister taxa: Ipciphyllum admirabilis, Ipciphyllum anatolicum, Ipciphyllum araxense, Ipciphyllum arnouldi, Ipciphyllum asperum, Ipciphyllum bandangguanense, Ipciphyllum elegans, Ipciphyllum flexuosum, Ipciphyllum fliegeli, Ipciphyllum floricolumellum, Ipciphyllum gnomeiense, Ipciphyllum grande, Ipciphyllum grandicolumnarium, Ipciphyllum guangdongense, Ipciphyllum guizhouense, Ipciphyllum heritschi, Ipciphyllum heshanense, Ipciphyllum huangi, Ipciphyllum irregularis, Ipciphyllum kezuoense, Ipciphyllum laosense, Ipciphyllum naoticum, Ipciphyllum originale, Ipciphyllum persicum, Ipciphyllum pingyanense, Ipciphyllum regulare, Ipciphyllum rudis, Ipciphyllum saraburiense, Ipciphyllum shiqianense, Ipciphyllum simplex, Ipciphyllum stabilis, Ipciphyllum stereoseptatum, Ipciphyllum subelegans, Ipciphyllum subtimoricum, Ipciphyllum tabasense, Ipciphyllum timoricum, Ipciphyllum zandaense, Ipciphyllum ziyunense, Ipciphyllum zunyiense, Aridophyllum fluegeli, Atopophyllum minor

Type specimen: Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-615. Its type locality is Tongling County, Maokou Fm, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tongling County, Maokou Fm

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