Sychnoelasma Lang et al. 1940 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentoididae

Parent taxon: Zaphrentoidinae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ankhelasma, Basleophyllum, Fasciculiamplexus, Homalophyllites, Zaphrentoides

Subtaxa: Sychnoelasma hawbankense

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of China (3 collections), Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (46), United States (2: Nevada)

Total: 57 collections including 63 occurrences

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