Antheria firmus Zhang 2002 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kepingophyllidae

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 Antheria according to X. H. Zhang 2002

Sister taxa: Antheria angusta, Antheria obscura, Antheria tenuis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Houchang, Ziyun County, Nephelophyllum-Eokepingophyllum assemblage, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Houchang, Ziyun County, Nephelophyllum-Eokepingophyllum assemblage

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