†Riphaeolites Yanet 1955 (tabulate coral)
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Anthozoa - Favositida - Cleistoporidae
Alternative spelling: Rhiphaeolites
Parent taxon: Cleistoporidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Nikiforova 1977, Pedder 1985 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araeopora, Araiostrotion, Cleistopora, Donetzites, Ligulodictyum, Maurenia, Squameophyllum, Stratophyllum, Yavorskia
Subtaxa: Riphaeolites magnus Riphaeolites zogtensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Devonian of Mongolia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (17), Tajikistan (3), Vietnam (2)
• Silurian of China (2), the Russian Federation (2), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (3)
Total: 31 collections including 40 occurrences
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