Stereostylus xizangensis Lin 1984 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae

Full reference: B. Y. Lin. 1984. Les strates du Permian inférieur et la faune corallienne de part et d'autre du Yarlung Zangbo dans la région centre-sud de Tibet. Mission Franco-Chinoise au Tibet 1980 77-107

Belongs to Stereostylus according to B. Y. Lin 1984

Sister taxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium), Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium), Lophophyllidium acostatum, Lophophyllidium columellum, Lophophyllidium compactum, Lophophyllidium crassiseptatum, Lophophyllidium interseptatum, Lophophyllidium jiezhangense, Lophophyllidium kayseri, Lophophyllidium liangshanense, Lophophyllidium multiseptum, Lophophyllidium nucleum, Lophophyllidium pendulum, Lophophyllidium profundum, Lophophyllidium proliferum, Lophophyllidium robustum, Lophophyllidium siamense, Lophophyllidium striatum, Lophophyllidium vallum, Lophophyllidium vidriensis, Lophophyllidium vietnamense, Lophophyllidium xiangyashanense, Lophophyllidium zaphrentoidea, Stereostylus bollibokkensis, Stereostylus annae, Sinophyllum clavaeformis, Sinophyllum parvum, Sinophyllum pendulum, Sinophyllum breviseptatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Liuqu district RLC10, Lhaze county, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Langcuo Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Liuqu district RLC10, Lhaze county

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