Pseudamplexus Weissermel 1897 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Mucophyllidae

Synonyms: Pseliophyllum Lang et al. 1940, Pselophyllum Pocta 1902, Pseudomphyma Wedekind 1927

Parent taxon: Mucophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Briantia, Kungejophyllum, Mucophyllum, Pseudamplexophyllum, Pseudotryplasma, Stylopleura

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Couvinien of Australia (1 collection)

• Devonian of Australia (14), Austria (1), Canada (2: Yukon), the Czech Republic (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (22), Spain (4), Tajikistan (4), United States (4: Alaska)

• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (1: Yukon), China (3), Japan (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 64 collections including 70 occurrences

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