Goniophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae

Parent taxon: Goniophyllidae according to D. Hill 1956

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Araeopoma, Calceola, Protaeropoma, Rhizophylloides, Rhizophyllum, Rhytidophyllum, Teratophyllum

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Iowa)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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