†family Holmophyllidae Wang 1947 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Holmophyllidae

Parent taxon: Cystiphyllida according to D. Hill 1981

Sister taxa: Cystiphyllidae, Digonophyllidae, Fletcheriidae, Goniophyllidae, Palaeocyclidae, Tryplasmatidae

Subtaxa: Cystiphorolites Dendroholmia Holmophyllum Labechiellata Mazaphyllum Mesouralinia Nipponophyllum Nodophyllum Xiphelasma

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Tajikistan (8 collections), Vietnam (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (2)

• Silurian of Australia (8), Canada (4: Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (9), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (7), Tajikistan (4), Ukraine (3), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 48 collections including 61 occurrences

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