Diplochone Frech 1886 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae

Parent taxon: Cystiphyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of China (3 collections), United States (2: Alaska, Indiana)

• Silurian of the Russian Federation (3)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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