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Palaeophyllum gracile

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeophyllum gracile was named by Flower (1961). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is El Paso, Franklin Mountains, which is in an Edenian shallow subtidal limestone in the Second Value Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. halysitoides, P. pasense, P. patulum, P. raduguini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Palaeophyllum gracile Flower
1985Palaeophyllum gracile Pandolfi p. 37 figs. Pl. 15, fig. 1; PI. 23, figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStauriinaVerrill 1865
familyStauriidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
genusPalaeophyllumBillings 1858
speciesgracile

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Palaeophyllum gracile Flower 1961
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. M. Pandolfi 1985Coralla are fasciculate and the mean corallite diameter is 3.1 mm. The corallites have 14 long major septa. The tips of the major septa are commonly fused in groups of two or three. Minor septa are vestigial or absent. Tabulae are commonly arched upward and 8-9 tabulae occur in 5 mm.