Coleophyllum Hall 1883 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae

Parent taxon: Cystiphyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asperophyllum, Atopocystis, Bucanophyllum, Ceriocysta, Cystiphyllinae, Cystiphylloides, Cystiphyllum, Digonoclisia, Diplochone, Edaphophyllum, Holcocystis, Mackenziephyllum, Microplasma, Pseudodigonophyllum, Pseudomicroplasma, Zonophyllum

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jeffersonville Limestone (Falls of Ohio area) (Devonian of Indiana)

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