Plerophyllum minor Zhang 1977 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae

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

Belongs to Plerophyllum according to B. F. Zhang 1977

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

Type specimen: IV16003. Its type locality is Ande, Jingxi County, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ande, Jingxi County

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