Glossophyllum Wedekind 1924 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae

Alternative spelling: Digonophyllum (Glossophyllum)

Parent taxon: Cyathophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Commutatophyllum, Cyathophyllum, Heterophaulactis, Houershanophyllum, Loomberaphyllum, Mansuyphyllum, Mictophyllum, Moravophyllum, Peripaedium, Pseudozaphrentis, Qiannanophyllum, Radiophyllum, Sterictophyllum

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Germany (11), Iran (1), Morocco (1), Vietnam (1)

Total: 15 collections including 19 occurrences

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