Rhizophyllum Lindström 1866 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae

Parent taxon: Goniophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956, Merriam 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Araeopoma, Calceola, Goniophyllum, Protaeropoma, Rhizophylloides, Rhytidophyllum, Teratophyllum

Subtaxa: Rhizophyllum bohemicum Rhizophyllum calceoloides Rhizophyllum compositum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (12 collections), China (2), the Russian Federation (6), Spain (1), Tajikistan (3), United States (3: Alaska, Nevada), Vietnam (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)

• Silurian of Australia (7), China (7), Japan (1), Sweden (2), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: Alaska, California, Kentucky, Nevada, Oklahoma)

Total: 63 collections including 73 occurrences

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