Bothrophyllum Trautschold 1879 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae

Parent taxon: Bothrophyllidae according to H. Flügel 1993

See also García-Bellido et al. 2004, Hill 1956, Hill 1981, Sepkoski 2002 and Wang et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Bothroclisia, Calmiussiphyllum, Caninella, Caninophyllum, Gshelia, Hornsundia, Pseudotimania, Siedleckia, Timania

Subtaxa: Bothrophyllum baeri Bothrophyllum hutianensis Bothrophyllum orvini Bothrophyllum proteum Bothrophyllum rareseptatum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (2: Nunavut, Yukon collections), China (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4)

• Carboniferous of Algeria (1), China (3), Egypt (1), Japan (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Ukraine (1), United States (1: California)

• Devonian of United States (6: New Mexico)

Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences

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