Plerophyllum Hinde 1890 (horn coral)

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

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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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