†Nipponophyllum Sugiyama 1940 (horn coral)
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Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Holmophyllidae
Parent taxon: Holmophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cystiphorolites, Dendroholmia, Holmophyllum, Labechiellata, Mazaphyllum, Mesouralinia, Nodophyllum, Xiphelasma
Subtaxa: Nipponophyllum daljanicum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Tajikistan (1 collection)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian of the Russian Federation (4), Tajikistan (1), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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