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Pinacophyllum peruvianum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae

Taxonomy
Pinacophyllum peruvianum was named by Stanley (1994). Its type specimen is UMIP 20947 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 85-SH-3, Shalypayco, which is in a Norian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Chambara Formation of Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. annulatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Pinacophyllum peruvianum Stanley, Jr. p. 81 figs. Pl 1, figs 4,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylophyllinaBeauvais 1981
familyStylophyllidaeVolz 1896
genusPinacophyllum
speciesperuvianum

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.

†Pinacophyllum peruvianum Stanley, Jr. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available