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Palaeophyllum gracile
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
Synonymy list
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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
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. M. Pandolfi 1985 | Coralla 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. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Richmondian or 451.00000 to 445.50000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Edenian | USA (Texas) | Palaeophyllum gracile (type locality: 80618) | |
| Edenian | USA (New Mexico) | Palaeophyllum gracile (80619) | |
| Richmondian | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeophyllum gracile (65236) |