†family Kyphophyllidae Wedekind 1927 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae

Parent taxon: Ketophyllina according to D. Hill 1981

See also Brownlaw and Jell 2008, Kaljo 1958 and Merriam 1972

Sister taxa: Endophyllidae, Kakisaphyllidae, Ketophyllidae

Subtaxa: Donacophyllum Entelophylloides Kyphophyllinae Kyphophyllum Maikottaphyllum Neokyphophyllum Pilophylloides Pilophyllum Pseudoendophyllum Strombodes Wintunastraea

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (8 collections), Belgium (6), Canada (78: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (7), the Czech Republic (5), France (3), Germany (7), Kazakhstan (8), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (11), Spain (8), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (35: Alaska, Arizona, California, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, New York), Vietnam (3)

• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)

• Silurian of Canada (5: Northwest Territories and Yukon, Ontario, Quebec), China (14), Estonia (8), Japan (1), Mongolia (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (14), Sweden (1), Ukraine (4), United States (18: California, Kentucky, Ohio)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec), Estonia (5)

Total: 262 collections including 408 occurrences

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