Gymnophyllum Howell 1945 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida

Parent taxon: Metriophyllina according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Combophyllidae, Cyathaxoniidae, Famaxonia, Hadrophyllidae, Kielcephyllidae, Laccophyllidae, Lindstroemiidae, Lyliophyllum, Metriophyllidae, Petraiidae, Rhipidophyllum, Ridderia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at East of Lake Okmulgee (Carboniferous of Oklahoma)

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