Sinkiangopora nyalamensis Wu 1975 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Full reference: W. S. Wu. 1975. The coral fossils of the Mount Qomolangma region. A Report of the Scientific Expedition in the Mount Jolmo Lungma Region (1966-1968) 1:83-128

Belongs to Sinkiangopora according to W. S. Wu 1975

Sister taxa: Sinkiangopora jilinensis, Sinkiangopora yuquanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yali-Naxing Section JSA35, Nyalam County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Selong Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Yali-Naxing Section JSA35, Nyalam County

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