Spongophylloides Meyer 1881 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae

Parent taxon: Actinocystinae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cymatelasma, Cymatella, Dubrovia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Mongolia (2 collections), the Russian Federation (11), United States (1: Pennsylvania)

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1), Mongolia (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (1), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Oklahoma, Virginia)

Total: 31 collections including 37 occurrences

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