ammonites
Iranophyllum elegantum Zhang 1977 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Full reference: B. F. Zhang. 1977. Taxonomic names in Anthozoa section. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:109-270

Belongs to Iranophyllum according to B. F. Zhang 1977

Sister taxa: Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum), Iranophyllum (Laophyllum), Iranophyllum cylindricum, Iranophyllum guizhouense, Iranophyllum shirasakiense, Iranophyllum splendens, Iranophyllum xainzaense, Iranophyllum zhongguoense

Type specimen: IV 16002. Its type locality is Dengzhou, Debao County, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder