†Pinacophyllum yunnanense Wu 1977 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Full reference: W. S. Wu. 1977. Late Triassic scleractinian corals from northwestern Yunnan. Mesozoic Fossils from Yunnan 2:29-37
Belongs to Pinacophyllum according to W. S. Wu 1977
Sister taxa: Pinacophyllum parallelum, Pinacophyllum peruvianum, Pinacophyllum spizzensis, Pinacophyllum yunnanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lp 6139-4-4, Tiemenkan, Jinding, Lanping County, which is in an Alaunian marine horizon in the Baijizu Formation of China
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lp 6139-4-4, Tiemenkan, Jinding, Lanping County
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