Chusenophyllum jiangningense 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 Chusenophyllum according to Y. Y. Yan and M. J. Chen 1982

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

Type specimen: Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-612. Its type locality is Tianbaoshan, Jiangning, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tianbaoshan, Jiangning, Nanjing City

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