†Saffordophyllum Bassler 1950 (tabulate coral)
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Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Parent taxon: Paleofavositinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Klaamann 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Mesofavosites
Subtaxa: Saffordophyllum crenulatum Saffordophyllum grande Saffordophyllum newcombae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (1 collection), Canada (6: Manitoba, Nunavut, Québec), Estonia (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (7: Alaska, Colorado, Kentucky, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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