Dendrostella Glinski 1957 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae

Parent taxon: Stauriidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Merriam 1974 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Astrictophyllum, Ceriaster, Columnolasma, Crenulites, Cyathophylloides, Favistella, Favistina, Loyolophyllum, Modesta, Nadotia, Neotabularia, Palaeoentelophyllum, Palaeolithostrotion, Palaeophyllum, Parastauria, Placophyllum, Prisciturben, Proterophyllum, Stauria, Synaptophyllum

Subtaxa: Dendrostella romanensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (6 collections), Canada (13: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (4), the Russian Federation (5), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (10: Alaska), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (5)

• Silurian to Devonian of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 51 collections including 52 occurrences

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