Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
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 Epistreptophyllum according to W. S. Wu 1975
Sister taxa: Epistreptophyllum aberrans, Epistreptophyllum bathonicum, Epistreptophyllum boesei, Epistreptophyllum bonjouri, Epistreptophyllum budaensis, Epistreptophyllum commune, Epistreptophyllum compressum, Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis, Epistreptophyllum cylindratum, Epistreptophyllum densum, Epistreptophyllum discus, Epistreptophyllum ellipsoides, Epistreptophyllum flabelliforme, Epistreptophyllum giganteum, Epistreptophyllum griesbachi, Epistreptophyllum irregulare, Epistreptophyllum montis, Epistreptophyllum pararticulatum, Epistreptophyllum shumardi, Epistreptophyllum tenue, Epistreptophyllum tithonicum, Epistreptophyllum tricentrum, Epistreptophyllum typicum, Epistreptophyllum valfinensis, Epistreptophyllum vetusum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nieniexiongla JSB74, Nyalam County, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian marine horizon in the Nieniexiongla Formation of China
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Nieniexiongla JSB74, Nyalam County
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