Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
Full reference: B. Lin and S. Rodriguez. 1994. Permian rugose corals from south Gansu, northwest China. Geobios 27(3):293-302
Belongs to Plerophyllum according to B. Lin and S. Rodriguez 1994
Sister taxa: Plerophyllum angustum, Plerophyllum australe, Plerophyllum calvatum, Plerophyllum flexiseptatum, Plerophyllum fragile, Plerophyllum guangxiense, Plerophyllum guizhouense, Plerophyllum jiangbuense, Plerophyllum jiangsuense, Plerophyllum minor, Plerophyllum radiciforme, Plerophyllum schindewolfi, Plerophyllum sulcatum, Plerophyllum weberi, Plerophyllum xinglungzhuangense, Plerophyllum ziyunense
Type specimen: Kmc61-16. Its type locality is Jiangbu Temple, Shamada, Kangmar County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Baidingpu Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Jiangbu Temple, Shamada, Kangmar County
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