Genus Petrophyllia Conrad, 1855

Museums

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• Dendrophyllia (Petrophyllia) Conrad, T.A. 1855. Observations on the Eocene deposit of Jackson, Mississippi, with descriptions of thirty-four new species of shells and corals. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: 257–263 [266].

  Type species:

   Petrophyllia arkensasensis Conrad, 1855 (fossil taxon) by monotypy.
• Archohelia Vaughan, T.W. 1919. Fossil corals from Central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103: 189-524, pls 68-152 [352].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cairns, S.D. 2001. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 615: 75 pp., 14 pls [39]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

General References

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [275]

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