Kepingophyllum subtiles 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 Kepingophyllum according to X. H. Zhang 2002

Sister taxa: Kepingophyllum aksuense, Kepingophyllum baichengense, Kepingophyllum magnum, Kepingophyllum microstroma, Kepingophyllum multicystatum, Kepingophyllum szechuanophylloidea

Type specimen: Its type locality is Houchang, Ziyun County, Parawentzellophyllum-Kepingophyllum assemblage, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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