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Plerophyllum australe

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8652143https://www.gbif.org/species/8652143
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)185750https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=185750
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Plerophyllidae : Plerophyllum : Plerophyllum australe
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Plerophyllidae : Plerophyllum : Plerophyllum australe
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassRugosa
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyPlerophyllidaeKoker 1924
subfamilyPlerophyllinaeKoker 1924
genusPlerophyllumHinde 1890
speciesPlerophyllum australeHinde 1890
Generic NamePlerophyllum
Scientific NamePlerophyllum australe Hinde, 1890
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plerophyllum australespeciesbelongs to Plerophyllumstated without evidenceHinde, 1890
Plerophyllum australespeciesbelongs to Plerophyllumstated with evidenceEtheridge, 1903
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance296 - 290 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance272 - 269 Ma
Permian
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Rugosa)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Rugosa)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Plerophyllum)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. J. Hinde. 1890. Notes on the palaeontology of Western Australia 2. Corals and Polyzoa. Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade III 7:194-204

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1890Plerophyllum australe Hinde
1903Plerophyllum australe Etheridge Jr. p. 8
1907Plerophyllum australe Etheridge Jr. p. 27 figs. Pl 7, fig 1; pl 8, fig 10
1915Plerophyllum australe Etheridge Jr. p. 13

References

Hinde G. J. Notes on the palaeontology of Western Australia 2. Corals and Polyzoa, Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade III 7, 194-204
Etheridge Jr. R. (1903) Descriptions of Carboniferous fossils from the Gascoyne District, Western Australia, collected by Mr. A. Gibb Maitland, government geologist, Western Australia Geological Survey Bulletin 10, 1-31
Etheridge Jr. R. (1907) Descriptions of Carboniferous fossils from the Irwin River, collected by Mr. C. F. V. Jackson, late Assistant Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 27, 26-37
Etheridge Jr. R. (1915) Western Australian Carboniferous fossils, chiefly from Mount Marmion, Lennard River, West Kimberley, Western Australia Geological Survey Bulletin 58, 7-59
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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