Amplexocarinia xainzaensis Lin 1984 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae

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 Amplexocarinia according to B. Y. Lin 1984

Sister taxa: Amplexocarinia abichi, Amplexocarinia alternans, Amplexocarinia beyrichi, Amplexocarinia chilungensis, Amplexocarinia cristata, Amplexocarinia dentiformis, Amplexocarinia geyeri, Amplexocarinia geyeri, Amplexocarinia jiangxiensis, Amplexocarinia kangmarensis, Amplexocarinia muralis, Amplexocarinia subtilis, Amplexocarinia yunnanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xainza county 80f-123, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Xiala Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xainza county 80f-123

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