Petraphyllum columnum Flügel 1989 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petraphyllidae

Full reference: H. W. Flügel. 1989. Rugosa aus dem Perm des N-Karakorum und der Aghil-Kette. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 17:101-117

Belongs to Petraphyllum according to H. W. Flügel 1989

Sister taxon: Petraphyllum hunzaianum

Type specimen: KM 86/9. Its type locality is KM86, Staghar section, Shaksgam Valley, which is in a Roadian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Shaksgam Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at KM86, Staghar section, Shaksgam Valley

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