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Palaeophyllum margaretae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeophyllum margaretae 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 margaretae Flower

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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
speciesmargaretae

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 margaretae Flower 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available