Sinopora cateniformis He 1990 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Aulocystidae

Full reference: X. Y. He. 1990. Carboniferous and Permian rugose corals and tabulates of the Ngari area. Palaeontology of Ngari, Tibet 76-79

Belongs to Sinopora according to X. Y. He 1990

Sister taxa: Pseudoromingeria ignicula, Pseudoromingeria kotoi, Pseudoromingeria onishii, Sinopora operta, Sinopora ryozensanensis, Sinopora changshunensis, Sinopora zhurihensis, Sinopora asiatica, Sinopora callosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Muzoshan, Coqen County, which is in a Capitanian marine limestone in the Yangweishan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Muzoshan, Coqen County

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