Allotropiophyllum Grabau 1928 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae

Parent taxon: Hapsiphyllidae according to X.-D. Wang and T. Sugiyama 2001

See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adradosiinae, Allotropiochisma, Euryphyllum, Hapsiphyllinae, Innixiphyllum, Monophyllum

Subtaxa: Allotropiophyllum eumetrium Allotropiophyllum grabaui Allotropiophyllum heteroseptatum Allotropiophyllum hubeiense Allotropiophyllum sinense Allotropiophyllum sulciforme Allotropiophyllum wuweiense

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Type: Allotropiophyllum sinense

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Cambodia (1), China (19), Japan (1), Thailand (1)

• Carboniferous of Egypt (1), the United Kingdom (10)

• Silurian of United States (1: Oklahoma)

Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence

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