Plerophyllum calvatum Guo 1980 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae

Full reference: S. Z. Guo. 1980. Tetracoralla. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:106-152

Belongs to Plerophyllum according to S. Z. Guo 1980

Sister taxa: Plerophyllum angustum, Plerophyllum australe, Plerophyllum flexiseptatum, Plerophyllum fragile, Plerophyllum guangxiense, Plerophyllum guizhouense, Plerophyllum jiangbuense, Plerophyllum jiangsuense, Plerophyllum minor, Plerophyllum radiciforme, Plerophyllum schindewolfi, Plerophyllum sulcatum, Plerophyllum tibeticum, Plerophyllum weberi, Plerophyllum xinglungzhuangense, Plerophyllum ziyunense

Type specimen: Ru1096. Its type locality is Zhagan Chulu, Sijiashan Formation, Bayan Wulan, Jalaid Qi, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Sijiashan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Zhagan Chulu, Sijiashan Formation, Bayan Wulan, Jalaid Qi

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