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Petraphyllum columnum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petraphyllidae

Taxonomy
Petraphyllum columnum was named by Flügel (1989). Its type specimen is KM 86/9 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is KM86, Staghar section, Shaksgam Valley, which is in a Roadian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Shaksgam Formation of China. It is the type species of Petraphyllum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Petraphyllum columnum Flügel p. 108 figs. Pl 2, fig 5; pl 4, figs 3-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyPetraphyllidae
genusPetraphyllum
speciescolumnum

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Petraphyllum columnum Flügel 1989
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Diagnosis
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