Lonsdaleiastraea pulchra Kropatcheva 1989 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Full reference: G. S. Kropatcheva. 1989. Taxonomic names: corals. Evolution of the latest Permian biota: Midian regional stage in the USSR 1-184

Belongs to Lonsdaleiastraea according to G. S. Kropatcheva 1989

Sister taxa: Lonsdaleiastraea asseretoi, Lonsdaleiastraea iranica, Lonsdaleiastraea kwangsiensis, Lonsdaleiastraea molengraaffi, Lonsdaleiastraea typica, Lonsdaleiastraea vinassai, Lonsdaleiastraea xainzaensis, Lonsdaleiastraea yamanbaensis

Type specimen: TsNIGR 24/12539. Its type locality is Sestra Mountain, Chandalaz Horizon, Partizanskaya River, Primorye, which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Chandalaz Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sestra Mountain, Chandalaz Horizon, Partizanskaya River, Primorye

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