Chalcidophyllum Pedder 1965 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae

Parent taxon: Disphyllinae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amaraphyllum, Aphraxonia, Argutastrea, Aristophyllum, Ceratophyllum, Disphyllum, Dushanophrentis, Eoglossophyllum, Hemiaulacophyllum, Hillastraea, Kunthia, Minussiella, Noviphyllum, Pseudocampophyllum

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (5 collections), China (2), Spain (2), Tajikistan (2)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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