Plerophyllum australe Hinde 1890 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae

Full reference: G. J. Hinde. 1890. Notes on the palaeontology of Western Australia 2. Corals and Polyzoa. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade III 7:194-204

Belongs to Plerophyllum according to R. Etheridge 1915

See also Etheridge 1903, Etheridge 1907 and Guo 1980

Sister taxa: Plerophyllum angustum, Plerophyllum calvatum, 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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (6 collections), China (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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