Spinophyllum Wedekind 1922 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Rugosa - Charactophyllidae

Parent taxon: Charactophyllidae according to M. A. Abbasi et al. 2014

See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alaiophyllum, Ceciliaphyllum, Charactophyllum, Chostophyllum, Hunanophrentis, Piceaphyllum, Sinodisphyllum, Temnophyllum

Subtaxa: Spinophyllum arduum Spinophyllum blacourti Spinophyllum longiseptatum Spinophyllum ondra Spinophyllum prolatum Spinophyllum spongiosum Spinophyllum zhongguoense

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (4 collections), China (1), the Czech Republic (4), France (1), Germany (8), Iran (2), Poland (1), Spain (2)

Total: 23 collections including 29 occurrences

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