Pseudopolythecalis xizangensis He and Weng 1983 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Full reference: X. Y. He and F. Weng. 1983. New material of Early Permian corals from Ali, northern Xizang (Tibet). Earth Science - Journal of Wuhan College of Geology 19(1):69-78

Belongs to Pseudopolythecalis according to X. Y. He and F. Weng 1983

Sister taxa: Pseudopolythecalis attenuseptatum, Pseudopolythecalis elegans, Pseudopolythecalis intermedis, Pseudopolythecalis minor, Pseudopolythecalis tibeticus, Pseudopolythecalis yanheensis, Pseudopolythecalis ziyunensis, Pseudopolythecalis zunyiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tuotala Mountain section, Duoma, Rutog, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Tunlonggongba Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tuotala Mountain section, Duoma, Rutog

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