Scruttonia Cherepnina 1974 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae

Parent taxon: Phillipsastreidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bensonastraea, Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Frechastraea, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Macgeea, Pachyphyllum, Peneckiella, Phacellophyllum, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sudetia, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phillipsastraeinae, Phacellophyllinae

Subtaxa: Scruttonia fedorowskii Scruttonia kunthi Scruttonia sotoi Scruttonia sudetica

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (1), Belgium (2), France (1), Poland (2), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 11 collections including 15 occurrences

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