Charactophyllum Simpson 1900 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae

Parent taxon: Disphyllidae according to M. Coen-Aubert 2017

See also Abbasi et al. 2014, Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Argutastrea, Billingsastraea, Cantabriastraea, Diffusolasma, Disphyllinae, Hexagonariinae, Pantophyllum, Paradisphyllinae, Spinophyllum, Spongonariinae, Circumtextiphyllum, Planetophyllum, Spasskyella, Columnaria

Subtaxa: Charactophyllum mauritanicum Charactophyllum nanum Charactophyllum soraufi

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Type: Campophyllum nanum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories), Mauritania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (2), Tajikistan (1), United States (3: Alaska, Iowa), Vietnam (1)

Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences

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