Plasmophyllum Dybowski 1873 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lykophyllidae

Parent taxon: Lykophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Camurophyllum, Hercophyllum, Holophragma, Neocystiphyllum, Onychophyllum, Phaulactis, Pseudocystiphyllum, Pseudophaulactis, Pycnactis, Reimanophyllum, Rukhinia, Ryderophyllum, Strephophyllum, Sverigophyllum, Svetlania, Zeravschania

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Couvinien of Australia (1 collection)

• Devonian of Australia (2), Tajikistan (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Alaska)

• Silurian of the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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