†family Cyathophyllidae Dana 1846 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae

Parent taxon: Cyathophyllina according to D. Hill 1981

Sister taxa: Bethanyphyllidae, Campophyllidae, Eridophyllidae, Ptychophyllidae, Zaphrentidae

Subtaxa: Commutatophyllum Cyathophyllum Glossophyllum Heterophaulactis Houershanophyllum Loomberaphyllum Mansuyphyllum Mictophyllum Moravophyllum Peripaedium Pseudozaphrentis Qiannanophyllum Radiophyllum Sterictophyllum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Indonesia (1 collection), Italy (1), Madagascar (1)

• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nunavut)

• Givetian of China (1)

• Couvinien of Australia (1)

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (10), Austria (1), Canada (26: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (7), the Czech Republic (4), France (1), Germany (15), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (1), Myanmar (2), Spain (4), Tajikistan (2), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (28: Alaska, California, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania), Vietnam (1)

• Silurian of Canada (9: British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec), India (1), Norway (4), Sweden (3), United States (24: Alaska, California, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New York)

• Ordovician of China (1)

Total: 159 collections including 197 occurrences

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