Sochkineophyllum Grabau 1928 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Polycoeliidae

Alternative spelling: Soshkineophyllum

Synonym: Sassendalia Tidten 1972

Parent taxon: Polycoeliidae according to J. Fedorowski and E. W. Bamber 2001

See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Calophyllum, Endotheciinae, Fedorowskites, Maichelasma, Pentamplexus, Polycoeliinae, Prosmiliinae, Tachylasmatinae

Subtaxa: Sochkineophyllum shasimotoi Sochkineophyllum turgidiseptatum Soshkineophyllum tsaregradskyi Soshkineophyllum xizangensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (3: Nunavut collections), China (3), Greenland (1), Japan (2), the Russian Federation (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

• Carboniferous of Egypt (1), France (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (1)

Total: 19 collections including 22 occurrences

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