Mucophyllum Etheridge 1894 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Mucophyllidae

Synonym: Mycophyllum Lang et al. 1940

Parent taxon: Mucophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956, Merriam 1972, Merriam 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Briantia, Kungejophyllum, Pseudamplexophyllum, Pseudamplexus, Pseudotryplasma, Stylopleura

Subtaxa: Mucophyllum mcintyrei Mucophyllum oliveri

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of China (2 collections), Tajikistan (2), United States (4: Nevada), Vietnam (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Pakistan (1), Ukraine (1)

• Silurian of Australia (7), Canada (3: Nunavut), China (3), Ukraine (1), United States (3: California, Indiana)

Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences

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