Zhurihephyllum dissimtum Ding 1987 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Full reference: Y. Ding. 1987. Some new species of Early Permian corals from Ulanqab Meng, Inner Mongolia. Diceng Gushengwu Lunwen Ji = Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 17:277-296

Belongs to Zhurihephyllum according to Y. Ding 1987

Sister taxon: Zhurihephyllum crassiseptatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Maolipenhong, Zhurihe, Ulanqab Meng, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the Baogete Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Maolipenhong, Zhurihe, Ulanqab Meng

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