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Plerophyllidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Plerophyllidae Koker
1981Plerophyllidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyPlerophyllidaeKoker 1924
familyPlerophyllidaeKoker 1924

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.

Fm. †Plerophyllidae Koker 1924
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G. †Barbarella Flügel 1972
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†Barbarella stellaforma Flügel 1972
Subfm. †Baryphyllinae Weyer 1973
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G. †Barylasma Weyer 1973
G. †Baryphyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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†Baryphyllum fungulus White 1878
†Baryphyllum verneuillianum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
G. †Cryptophyllum Carruthers 1919
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†Cryptophyllum hibernicum Carruthers 1919
†Cryptophyllum hithis Weyer 1975
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Invalid names: Pentaphyllum araxense Kropatcheva 1983 [synonym], Plerophyllum clavatum Ilina 1962 [synonym], Plerophyllum dzhulfense Ilina 1962 [synonym]
G. †Paracaninia Chi 1937
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†Paracaninia ephippia Yan and Chen 1982
†Paracaninia guichiensis Yan and Chen 1982
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Invalid names: Paracaninia jiangxiensis Yan and Chen 1982 [synonym], Paracaninia jiangyouensis Zhao 1981 [synonym]
†Paracaninia minor Wu 1963
†Paracaninia similis Schindewolf 1942
†Paracaninia wuguishanensis Wu and Zhao 1982
Subfm. †Plerophyllinae Koker 1924
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G. †Pleramplexus Schindewolf 1940
G. †Wendticyathus Berkowski 2018
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†Wendticyathus nudus Berkowski 2018
G. †Plerophyllum Hinde 1890
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†Plerophyllum angustum Flügel 1972
†Plerophyllum australe Hinde 1890
†Plerophyllum flexiseptatum Yan and Chen 1982
†Plerophyllum fragile Sokolov 1959
†Plerophyllum jiangbuense Lin and Rodriguez 1994
†Plerophyllum jiangsuense Yan and Chen 1982
†Plerophyllum minor Zhang 1977
†Plerophyllum schindewolfi Flügel 1966
†Plerophyllum sulcatum Hinde 1890
†Plerophyllum tibeticum Lin and Rodriguez 1994
†Plerophyllum weberi Gerth 1922
Invalid names: Timorosmilia Koker 1924 [synonym]
G. †Ufimia Shtukenberg 1895
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†Ufimia arctica Fedorowski and Bamber 2001
†Ufimia carbonaria Stuckenberg 1895
†Ufimia differentiata Ilina 1962
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Invalid names: Plerophyllum armenicum Ilina 1962 [synonym]
†Ufimia elongata Grabau 1922
†Ufimia hunzensis Flügel 1989
†Ufimia khaokaeonoiensis Wang et al. 2013
†Ufimia persymmetricum Schindewolf 1942
†Ufimia vanganensis Fomichev 1953
Invalid names: Rhopalolasma Hudson 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Changhsingian or 407.60000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (190 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Morocco Wendticyathus nudus (63041)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Spain (Asturias) Ufimia prior (25292)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8France Ufimia sp. 1, Ufimia sp. 2, Ufimia sp. 3, Rhopalolasma sp. (38642)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Morocco Ufimia sp. (66284 66287)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Ireland Cryptophyllum hibernicum (78288)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Germany Pentaphyllum hibernicum (64669) Ufimia tachyblastum, Pentaphyllum hithis (64668)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7USA (Nevada) Ufimia sp. (6274)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Utah) Rhopalolasma sp. (560)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Rhopalolasma sp., Cryptophyllum hibernicum (76517)
Pendleian - Arnsbergian330.9 - 323.7Poland Ufimia schwarzbachi (77912)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7Poland Ufimia schwarzbachi (77913)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Spain Ufimia accelerans, Plerophyllum sp. (67700)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4China (Nei Mongol) Tachylasma elongatum (78562)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Indonesia Plerophyllum radiciforme (133132)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Plerophyllum australe (101221 131604 131884) Plerophyllum australe, Plerophyllum sulcatum (131545 131548)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3East Timor Pleramplexus sp., Plerophyllum sp. (21163)
Sarginian290.1 - 279.5Russian Federation Ufimia sp. 1, Ufimia carbonaria (75625)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation (Respublika Komi) Ufimia rhizoides, Ufimia carbonaria (79493)
Kubergandian - Murgabian279.8 - 267.0Indonesia Paracaninia sp. (75573)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Hunan) Paracaninia tzuchiangensis (109864)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Anhui) Paracaninia ephippia (100767)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Jiangxi) Paracaninia jiangxiensis (100770) Paracaninia liangshanensis (100764) Paracaninia sinensis (100766) Paracaninia tzuchiangensis (100769)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Jiangsu) Paracaninia minor (100771) Paracaninia wuguishanensis (100768)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) Plerophyllum australe (106707) Plerophyllum sp. (144693)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Jilin) Paracaninia tzuchiangensis (121530)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Hubei) Paracaninia sinensis (105955) Paracaninia tzuchiangensis (109865)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Iran Plerophyllum sp. B (99778) Plerophyllum stellaforma (99780 99784) Ufimia sp. (99773 99783) Ufimia sp., Plerophyllum angustum (99779) Ufimia sp., Plerophyllum stellaforma (99772) Ufimia sp., Ufimia persymmetricum (99782)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Thailand Paracaninia sinensis (144678) Ufimia khaokaeonoiensis (144673)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) Paracaninia minor (75812 119994)
Kungurian - Capitanian279.3 - 259.51China (Jiangxi) Plerophyllum flexiseptatum (100849) Tachylasma elongatum (100818 100848)
Murgabian273.01 - 267.0Iran Pentaphyllum leptoconicum (75771)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Nei Mongol) Paracaninia crassata (34562)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Heilongjiang) Plerophyllum australe (109615)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Afghanistan Pleramplexus dissimilis, Pleramplexus sp., Pleramplexus similis (88402) Pleramplexus similis (81411 88264) Pleramplexus sp., Pleramplexus leptoconicus (119244) Pleramplexus sp., Pleramplexus similis (81407) Plerophyllum sp., Pleramplexus similis, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (88397)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand (Trang) Ufimia sp., Plerophyllum sp. (40870 40895)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Xinjiang) Paracaninia sp. B (108489)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Guangxi) Paracaninia minor (75815)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Iran Ufimia elongata, Ufimia vanganensis (107690) Ufimia persymmetricum (99777)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Paracaninia suobeishanensis (109608)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia Plerophyllum radiciforme (39608)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Guizhou) Plerophyllum ziyunense (95933)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Guangxi) Plerophyllum minor (105436)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Paracaninia liangshanensis (98052)
Roadian - Changhsingian272.3 - 252.17Iran Ufimia differentiate, Pentaphyllum leptoconicum, Ufimia carbonaria (233584)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand Paracaninia sp. (108511) Pleramplexus sp., Paracaninia sp. (82287)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Paracaninia similis (50777) Paracaninia sp. (50773 50782) Paracaninia sp. A (50772) Paracaninia sp., Paracaninia similis (50774) Ufimia hunzensis (50776)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Azerbaijan Ufimia elongata (82257 94937) Ufimia rectum (110884)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran Plerophyllum sp. (118352)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Hunan) Paracaninia liangshanensis (100076) Paracaninia minor (100072) Paracaninia sp. (100073)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Pleramplexus similis (113433)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Plerophyllum calvatum (109617) Plerophyllum xinglungzhuangense (109611)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Plerophyllum sp. (108502)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Xizang) Paracaninia lhazeensis (131046) Paracaninia xiukangensis (131044)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Qinghai) Pleramplexus similis (95976)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Canada (Nunavut) Ufimia arctica (107833)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran Pleramplexus sp. (81124) Ufimia carbonaria (75770)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guizhou) Plerophyllum guizhouense (95949)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guangxi) Ufimia elongata (75819) Ufimia elongata, Paracaninia liangshanensis (75821)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Shaanxi) Paracaninia sinense (120769)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Armenia Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110771) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110746 110785) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (113724) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (116778) Ufimia sp., Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110750)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Jiangsu) Plerophyllum jiangsuense (100837)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Azerbaijan Clisiophyllum leptoconicum, Zaphrentis phillipsi, Amplexus cornubovis (232366) Pentamplexus leptoconicus (97229) Pentaphyllum araxense, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110677) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110690) Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110666 110671) Plerophyllum clavatum, Plerophyllum dzhulfense (95630) Plerophyllum dzhulfense (82114 144215) Ufimia differentiata, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110717) Ufimia iljinae, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110672) Ufimia sp 1, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus, Pentaphyllum clavatum (110676) Ufimia sp., Pentaphyllum araxense, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110667) Ufimia stepanovi (110702) Ufimia stepanovi, Pentaphyllum araxense, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110669) Ufimia stepanovi, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110716) Ufimia stepanovi, Ufimia iljinae, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110670) Ufimia stepanovi, Ufimia iljinae, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus, Pentaphyllum clavatum (110668) Ufimia stepanovi, Ufimia iljinae, Ufimia sp. 2, Pentaphyllum araxense, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110678) Ufimia stepanovi, Ufimia sp. 3, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110679)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) Plerophyllum uniforme (112007)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greenland Tachylasma sp. (108482)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangxi) Paracaninia minor (75820) Plerophyllum guangxiense (109861) Ufimia elongata (119940)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Paracaninia indet. (24590) Plerophyllum leptoconicum (110537) Plerophyllum sp. (230327) Plerophyllum sp., Paracaninia sp., Plerophyllum tibeticum, Plerophyllum jiangbuense (112610)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Iran Pentaphyllum leptoconicum (107687 107688 107689) Pentaphyllum leptoconicum, Ufimia differentiata (107685) Pleramplexus leptoconicus (118233 118267 118271 119077) Plerophyllum sp. (118272) Ufimia sp., Plerophyllum dzhulfense (119078)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Iran Plerophyllum sp. A (99781)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Plerophyllum fragile (131245)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Nepal Plerophyllum sp., Plerophyllum schindewolfi (99791)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Greece Pleramplexus leptoconicus (108325)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Azerbaijan Plerophyllum differentiatum, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (82254) Plerophyllum differentiatum, Plerophyllum armenicum, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (97207) Plerophyllum dzhulfense (97243) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Plerophyllum differentiatum (82112 116761) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Plerophyllum differentiatum, Plerophyllum armenicum (81395 116753) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Plerophyllum differentiatum, Plerophyllum armenicum, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (116765) Ufimia armenica, Ufimia differentiata, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110611) Ufimia differentiata (110692 110720) Ufimia differentiata, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense (110659 110705) Ufimia differentiata, Pentaphyllum dzhulfense, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110698 110706)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran Pleramplexus leptoconicus (119052 119054 119072) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (119070) Plerophyllum sp. (118293) Ufimia sp. (119060 119061) Ufimia sp., Pleramplexus leptoconicus (119064)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Armenia Plerophyllum differentiatum, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (88700) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Plerophyllum differentiatum, Plerophyllum armenicum, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (113726 116777) Plerophyllum dzhulfense, Ufimia differentiata, Pleramplexus leptoconicus (116760) Ufimia armenica, Ufimia differentiata, Pentamplexus leptoconicus (110758)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) Plerophyllum sp. (36221)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Plerophyllum differentiatum (120755)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) Paracaninia sinensis (148539 149259) Plerophyllum dzhulfense (98066 121020) Plerophyllum huayingshanensis (148540)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Paracaninia heterotabulata, Paracaninia intermedia, Paracaninia simplex, Paracaninia sinensis (51424) Paracaninia sp. (197491)