Lophophyllidium compactum Wu and Zhao 1983 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae

Full reference: W. S. Wu and J. M. Zhao. 1983. Late Permian corals from Zhejiang, Guangxi, and Sichuan provinces. Bulletin of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica 6:271-284

Belongs to Lophophyllidium according to W. S. Wu and J. M. Zhao 1983

Sister taxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium), Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium), Lophophyllidium acostatum, Lophophyllidium columellum, Lophophyllidium crassiseptatum, Lophophyllidium interseptatum, Lophophyllidium jiezhangense, Lophophyllidium kayseri, Lophophyllidium liangshanense, Lophophyllidium multiseptum, Lophophyllidium nucleum, Lophophyllidium pendulum, Lophophyllidium profundum, Lophophyllidium proliferum, Lophophyllidium robustum, Lophophyllidium siamense, Lophophyllidium striatum, Lophophyllidium vallum, Lophophyllidium vidriensis, Lophophyllidium vietnamense, Lophophyllidium xiangyashanense, Lophophyllidium zaphrentoidea, Stereostylus bollibokkensis, Stereostylus xizangensis, Stereostylus annae, Sinophyllum clavaeformis, Sinophyllum parvum, Sinophyllum pendulum, Sinophyllum breviseptatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wenxing Town, middle Changxing Fm, Beipei County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wenxing Town, middle Changxing Fm, Beipei County

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