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Phacelostylophyllum gracile

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae

Taxonomy
Cyathophyllum gracile was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Phacelostylophyllum gracile by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. peruvianum, P. ramosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Cyathophyllum gracile Münster p. 37 figs. Pl 2, fig 15
2014Phacelostylophyllum gracile Kiessling

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

†Phacelostylophyllum gracile Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available