†Alaiophyllum Goryanov 1961 (horn coral)
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Anthozoa - Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Parent taxon: Charactophyllidae according to M. A. Abbasi et al. 2014
See also Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ceciliaphyllum, Charactophyllum, Chostophyllum, Hunanophrentis, Piceaphyllum, Sinodisphyllum, Spinophyllum, Temnophyllum
Subtaxa: Alaiophyllum mackenziense
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Austria (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), the Czech Republic (8), Germany (1), Vietnam (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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