Caninophyllum gigantea Zhang 2002 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae

Full reference: X. H. Zhang. 2002. The Late Carboniferous and Early Permian rugose corals from Ziyun County and Qinglong County, south Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 41:283-294

Belongs to Caninophyllum according to X. H. Zhang 2002

Sister taxa: Caninophyllum archiaci, Caninophyllum belcheri, Caninophyllum convextabulatum, Caninophyllum domaense, Caninophyllum domheri, Caninophyllum incrassatum, Caninophyllum sonorense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Biaoping, Ziyun County, Antheria-Pseudotimania assemblage, which is in a Gzhelian shallow subtidal limestone in China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Biaoping, Ziyun County, Antheria-Pseudotimania assemblage

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