Lytvophyllum Dobrolyubova 1941 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Parent taxon: Petalaxidae according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2007

See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cystolonsdaleia, Huanglongophyllum, Ivanovia, Lithostrotionella, Omaniphyllum, Paralithostrotion, Petalaxis, Protoivanovia

Subtaxa: Lytvophyllum flexuosum Lytvophyllum hongi Lytvophyllum mongeri Lytvophyllum sustutense Lytvophyllum tschernowi Lytvophyllum wersonae

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Type: Thysanophyllum tschernowi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (4: British Columbia collections), China (5), United States (6: Alaska, California, Nevada)

• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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