Circophyllum Lang and Smith 1939 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae

Parent taxon: Kodonophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bulvankeriphyllum, Carinophyllum, Chlamydophyllum, Cronyphyllum, Kodonophyllinae, Kodonophyllum, Mycophyllinae, Niajuphyllum, Pseudoblothrophyllum, Schlotheimophyllum, Sinochlamydophyllum, Symphyphyllum, Zelophyllia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1 collection)

• Silurian of Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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