Petrozium Smith 1930 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Entelophyllidae

Parent taxon: Entelophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956, Kaljo 1958, Merriam 1972, Merriam 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Altaja, Entelophyllum, Evenkiella, Kysylagathophyllum, Medinophyllum, Migmatophyllum, Nanshanophyllum, Ornatophyllum, Prohexagonaria, Ramulophyllum, Scyphophyllum, Shensiphyllum, Tenuiphyllum, Trachyphyllum

Subtaxa: Petrozium losseni Petrozium mcallisteri Petrozium staufferi

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Type: Petrozium losseni

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (2: Ontario, Quebec collections), Estonia (7), Mongolia (1), United States (9: Alaska, California, Ohio)

Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences

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