†Chostophyllum Pedder 1982 (horn coral)
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Anthozoa - Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Parent taxon: Charactophyllidae according to M. A. Abbasi et al. 2014
See also Brownlaw and Jell 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alaiophyllum, Ceciliaphyllum, Charactophyllum, Hunanophrentis, Piceaphyllum, Sinodisphyllum, Spinophyllum, Temnophyllum
Subtaxa: Chostophyllum apertum Chostophyllum gregorii Chostophyllum metula
Type: Chostophyllum metula
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (4 collections), Canada (12: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), Germany (2), Iran (2), Morocco (1), Spain (1)
Total: 22 collections including 26 occurrences
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