†Howthia Somerville and Rodriguez 2010 (horn coral)
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Anthozoa - Stauriida - Axophyllidae
Full reference: I. D. Somerville and S. Rodriguez. 2010. A new genus and species of colonial rugose coral from the Late Tournaisian (Waulsortian) mud-mounds in Ireland: its ecological associations and depositional setting. Palaeoworld 19:414-425
Parent taxon: Axophyllidae according to I. D. Somerville and S. Rodriguez 2010
Sister taxa: Axophyllum, Gangamophyllum, Pareynia, Tatjanophyllum
Subtaxa: Howthia suttonensis
Type: Howthia suttonensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sutton, Howth Peninsula (Carboniferous of Ireland)
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