Dinophyllum Lindström 1882 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae

Synonym: Streptophyllum Grabau 1931

Parent taxon: Dinophyllinae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Crassilasma, Neobrachyelasma, Porfirieviella, Tenuilasma

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (12: British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories and Yukon, Ontario, Quebec collections), China (4), Greenland (1), the Russian Federation (17), Sweden (1), United States (4: Kentucky, Ohio)

Total: 39 collections including 44 occurrences

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