Pycnocoelia flabelliformis Yu et al. 1981 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Polycoeliidae

Full reference: J. Z. Yu, Y. T. Lin, and Z. X. Huang. 1981. Early Permian corals from central Jilin. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20:273-286

Belongs to Pycnocoelia according to J. Z. Yu et al. 1981

Sister taxa: Calophyllum (Groenlandophyllum), Calophyllum angustum, Calophyllum baytuganense, Calophyllum calaba, Calophyllum columnare, Calophyllum crassimurale, Calophyllum cylindrica, Calophyllum inophyllum, Calophyllum lhazeensis, Calophyllum longiseptata, Calophyllum micron, Calophyllum permica, Calophyllum punctata, Calophyllum quadrifidum, Calophyllum rhopalotum, Polycoelia dobrolyubovae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Daheshen, Changshan City, Huadian County, which is in a Roadian marine horizon in the Daheshen Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Daheshen, Changshan City, Huadian County

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