Protostylophyllum ulfati Melnikova 2001 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae

Full reference: G. K. Melnikova. 2001. Atlas Triasovykh Bespozvonochnykh Pamira. Atlas Triasovykh Bespozvonochnykh Pamira [Atlas of Triassic Invertebrates of the Pamir] 30-80

Belongs to Protostylophyllum according to G. K. Melnikova 2001

Sister taxa: Protostylophyllum bortepense, Protostylophyllum praenuntians

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dzhilgakochusu Valley, Tajikistan, which is in a Tuvalian/Lacian shallow subtidal limestone in the Lower Shaimak Formation of Tajikistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dzhilgakochusu Valley, Tajikistan

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