†family Ekvasophyllidae Hill 1981 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ekvasophyllidae

Full reference: D. Hill. 1981. Rugosa and Tabulata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1(F)

Parent taxon: Aulophyllina according to D. Hill 1981

Sister taxa: Aphrophyllidae, Aulophyllidae, Neokoninckophyllidae, Palaeosmiliidae

Subtaxa: Ekvasophyllum Faberophyllum Turbophyllum Zaphriphyllum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pennsylvanian of United States (1: Utah collection)

• Osagean of United States (2: Montana, Utah)

• Mississippian of United States (2: Utah)

• Carboniferous of Canada (41: Alberta, Yukon), China (1), Turkey (1), United States (58: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico)

• Devonian of China (1)

Total: 107 collections including 124 occurrences

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