Aristophyllum Bulvanker et al. 1975 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae

Parent taxon: Disphyllinae according to R. L. S. Brownlaw and J. S. Jell 2008

See also Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amaraphyllum, Aphraxonia, Ceratophyllum, Chalcidophyllum, Disphyllum, Dushanophrentis, Eoglossophyllum, Hemiaulacophyllum, Hillastraea, Kunthia, Noviphyllum, Pseudocampophyllum

Subtaxa: Aristophyllum menyouense Aristophyllum planotabulatum Aristophyllum terechovi

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Type: Aristophyllum terechovi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Givetian of Poland (1 collection)

• Devonian of Australia (4), Belgium (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), France (1), Germany (1), Iran (1), Poland (2)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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