Mesophyllum Schlüter 1889 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Digonophyllidae

Parent taxon: Digonophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956, Merriam 1974 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Digonophyllinae, Digonophyllum, Lekanophyllum, Paracystiphylloides, Parazonophyllum, Stereophyllum, Zonophyllinae

Subtaxa: Mesophyllum (Arcophyllum) Mesophyllum (Atelophyllum) Mesophyllum (Dialytophyllum) Mesophyllum (Hemicosmophyllum) Mesophyllum (Mesophyllum) Mesophyllum (Zonodigonophyllum)

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Austria (1 collection), Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (14), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (7), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Alaska), Vietnam (1), Western Sahara (1)

Total: 41 collections including 52 occurrences

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