Cyathaxonia Michelin 1847 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae

Parent taxon: Cyathaxoniidae according to J. Fedorowski and N. P. Vassilyuk 2011

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cyathaxonella, Cyathocarinia, Hamaraxonia

Subtaxa: Cyathaxonia cordillerensis Cyathaxonia cornu Cyathaxonia khmeriana Cyathaxonia minor

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Cambodia (2 collections), China (2), the Russian Federation (2)

• Carboniferous of Australia (2), China (1), France (1), Germany (3), Ireland (4), Japan (5), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (14), United States (40: Alaska, California, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, Tennessee, Utah)

• Devonian of Poland (1)

• Silurian of United States (4: Wisconsin)

Total: 89 collections including 94 occurrences

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