†Ptychophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 (horn coral)
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Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptychophyllidae
Parent taxon: Ptychophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyathactis, Implicophyllum
Subtaxa: Ptychophyllum infundibulum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (6: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories collections), Vietnam (1)
• Silurian of Canada (11: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), China (1), India (1), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: Alaska, California, Iowa, Nevada)
Total: 32 collections including 34 occurrences
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