Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
Alternative spelling: Pentaphyllum (Plerophyllum)
Synonym: Timorosmilia Koker 1924
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
Parent taxon: Plerophyllidae according to J. Fedorowski 2021
See also Hill 1956, Wang et al. 2006 and Waterhouse and Ranga Rao 1989
Sister taxa: Barbarella, Baryphyllinae, Cryptophyllum, Paracaninia, Plerophyllinae, Ufimia
Subtaxa: 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 tibeticum Plerophyllum weberi Plerophyllum xinglungzhuangense Plerophyllum ziyunense
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (7), China (14), East Timor (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (6), Nepal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (2), Tunisia (1)
• Carboniferous of Spain (1)
Total: 37 collections including 42 occurrences
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