Elasmophyllia milchi Volz 1896 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Belongs to Elasmophyllia according to Z. Q. Deng and L. Kong 1984

See also Riedel 1991

Sister taxa: Elasmophyllia andreaei, Elasmophyllia deformis, Elasmophyllia gigantea

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xia'an, Zhenfeng (Chen-feng) (Triassic of China)

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