Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae

Full reference: B. Lin and S. Rodriguez. 1994. Permian rugose corals from south Gansu, northwest China. Geobios 27(3):293-302

Belongs to Plerophyllum according to B. Lin and S. Rodriguez 1994

Sister taxa: Plerophyllum (Barbarella), Plerophyllum angustum, Plerophyllum australe, Plerophyllum calvatum, Plerophyllum flexiseptatum, Plerophyllum fragile, Plerophyllum guangxiense, Plerophyllum guizhouense, Plerophyllum jiangbuense, Plerophyllum jiangsuense, Plerophyllum minor, Plerophyllum radiciforme, Plerophyllum schindewolfi, Plerophyllum sulcatum, Plerophyllum weberi, Plerophyllum xinglungzhuangense, Plerophyllum ziyunense

Type specimen: Kmc61-16. Its type locality is Jiangbu Temple, Shamada, Kangmar County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Baidingpu Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder