Calophyllum cylindrica Grabau 1931 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Polycoeliidae

Alternative combination: Polycoelia cylindrica

Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1931. The Permian of Mongolia. Natural History of Asia 4:1-665

Belongs to Calophyllum according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Grabau 1931

Sister taxa: Calophyllum (Groenlandophyllum), Calophyllum angustum, Calophyllum baytuganense, Calophyllum calaba, Calophyllum columnare, Calophyllum crassimurale, Calophyllum inophyllum, Calophyllum lhazeensis, Calophyllum longiseptata, Calophyllum micron, Calophyllum permica, Calophyllum punctata, Calophyllum quadrifidum, Calophyllum rhopalotum, Pycnocoelia flabelliformis, Polycoelia dobrolyubovae

Type specimen: CS 1487. Its type locality is Jisu Honguer Limestone Undivided, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Zhesi Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 6.40

Distribution: found only at Jisu Honguer Limestone Undivided

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