Chuanshanophyllum zhejiangense Yu 1982 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Geyerophyllidae

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

Belongs to Chuanshanophyllum according to X. G. Yu 1982

Sister taxa: Chuanshanophyllum chuanshanense, Chuanshanophyllum gaoanense, Chuanshanophyllum jiangxiense

Type specimen: SI-630. Its type locality is Putaoshan, lower Chuanshan Fm, Changxing County, which is in an Asselian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Chuanshan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Putaoshan, lower Chuanshan Fm, Changxing County

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