Siphonodendron McCoy 1849 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae

Parent taxon: Lithostrotionidae according to M. Aretz and J. Nudds 2005

See also Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acrocyathinae, Aulininae, Aulostylus, Cionodendrom, Diphyphyllinae, Heterostrotion, Lithostrotioninae, Stelechophyllum, Thysanophyllinae, Yatsengia

Subtaxa: Siphonodendron irregulare Siphonodendron junceum Siphonodendron martini Siphonodendron ouarkzizense Siphonodendron pauciradiale Siphonodendron scaleberense Siphonodendron tindoufense

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of Algeria (1), Australia (2), Belgium (4), Canada (2: British Columbia, Nova Scotia), China (16), France (2), Ireland (11), Japan (5), Morocco (28), the Netherlands (1), Spain (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (21), United States (25: Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)

• Devonian of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 131 collections including 225 occurrences

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