Lyrielasma Hill 1939 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae

Parent taxon: Ptenophyllinae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthophyllum, Acmophyllum, Aphroidophyllum, Australophyllum, Dohmophyllum, Ecnomiophyllum, Embolophyllum, Gryphophyllum, Grypophyllum, Hankaxis, Hezhangophyllum, Imennovia, Neomphyma, Paleogrypophyllum, Pseudochonophyllum, Pseudogrypophyllum, Psydracophyllum, Redstonea, Salairophyllum, Shastaphyllum, Taimyrophyllum, Tonkinaria, Toquimaphyllum, Weissermelia, Windelasma, Xystriphyllum

Subtaxa: Lyrielasma invisitata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (11 collections), Austria (1), Canada (5: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (3), the Czech Republic (2), Italy (2), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (14), Tajikistan (9), United States (6: Alaska, Nevada), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 55 collections including 68 occurrences

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