Charactophyllum Simpson 1900 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Rugosa - Charactophyllidae

Parent taxon: Charactophyllidae according to M. A. Abbasi et al. 2014

See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alaiophyllum, Ceciliaphyllum, Chostophyllum, Hunanophrentis, Piceaphyllum, Sinodisphyllum, Spinophyllum, Temnophyllum

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

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

Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences

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