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 columnare, Calophyllum crassimurale, Calophyllum lhazeensis, Calophyllum longiseptata, Calophyllum micron, Calophyllum permica, Calophyllum punctata, Calophyllum quadrifidum, Calophyllum rhopalotum, Polycoelia dobrolyubovae, Pycnocoelia flabelliformis

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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