Denayphyllum Merriam 1973 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Spongophyllidae

Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1973. Silurian rugose corals of the central and southwest Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 777:1-66

Parent taxon: Spongophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Merriam 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Battersbyia, Carlinastraea, Heterospongophyllum, Neovepresiphyllum, Spongophyllum, Tawuphyllum

Subtaxa: Denayphyllum denayensls

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Type: Denayphyllum denayensls

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Denayphyllum in the database

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