Lytvophyllum flexuosum Zhu and Zhao 1992 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Full reference: Z. G. Zhu and J. M. Zhao. 1992. Late late Carboniferous and earliest Permian rugose corals from Jiangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 31(6):657-677

Belongs to Lytvophyllum according to Z. G. Zhu and J. M. Zhao 1992

Sister taxa: Lytvophyllum hongi, Lytvophyllum mongeri, Lytvophyllum sustutense, Lytvophyllum tschernowi, Lytvophyllum wersonae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xiazhen, Yushan County, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Chuanshan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xiazhen, Yushan County

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