Calophyllum Dana 1846 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Polycoeliidae

Synonyms: Groenlandophyllum Flügel 1973, Phryganophyllum de Koninck 1872, Polycoelia King 1849, Pycnocoelia Schindewolf 1952, Tetraphyllum Ludwig 1865

Parent taxon: Polycoeliidae according to J. Fedorowski and E. W. Bamber 2001

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Endotheciinae, Fedorowskites, Maichelasma, Pentamplexus, Polycoeliinae, Prosmiliinae, Sochkineophyllum, Tachylasmatinae

Subtaxa: Calophyllum (Groenlandophyllum) Calophyllum angustum Calophyllum baytuganense Calophyllum calaba Calophyllum columnare Calophyllum crassimurale Calophyllum cylindrica Calophyllum inophyllum Calophyllum lhazeensis Calophyllum longiseptata Calophyllum micron Calophyllum permica Calophyllum punctata Calophyllum quadrifidum Calophyllum rhopalotum Polycoelia dobrolyubovae Pycnocoelia flabelliformis

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Type: Calophyllum calaba

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 collections), Canada (3: Nunavut), China (15), Germany (13), Greenland (5), Indonesia (2), Iran (6), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Tajikistan (1), Timor-Leste (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Texas)

• Carboniferous of Australia (1), China (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 63 collections including 77 occurrences

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