Caninophyllum Lewis 1929 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae

Parent taxon: Bothrophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956, Sepkoski 2002 and Wang et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Bothroclisia, Bothrophyllum, Calmiussiphyllum, Caninella, Gshelia, Hornsundia, Pseudotimania, Siedleckia, Timania

Subtaxa: Caninophyllum archiaci Caninophyllum belcheri Caninophyllum convextabulatum Caninophyllum domaense Caninophyllum domheri Caninophyllum gigantea Caninophyllum incrassatum Caninophyllum sonorense

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), China (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Vietnam (1)

• Carboniferous of Algeria (1), Australia (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (3), Germany (1), Ireland (4), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (29), United States (12: California, Utah)

• Devonian of United States (1: Montana, and Wyoming)

Total: 66 collections including 68 occurrences

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