Peiraphyllum jintingense Yu 1982 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Full reference: X. G. Yu. 1982. Anthozoan taxonomic names. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:108-179

Belongs to Peiraphyllum according to X. G. Yu 1982

Sister taxon: Peiraphyllum anguiporum

Type specimen: SI-620. Its type locality is Wenhuashan, Upper Chuanshan Fm, Wuxian County, which is in a Sakmarian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Chuanshan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wenhuashan, Upper Chuanshan Fm, Wuxian County

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