Temnophyllum Walther 1928 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Rugosa - Charactophyllidae

Synonyms: Diplophyllum Soshkina 1939, Paracanthus Merriam 1973, Prodiplophyllum Cotton 1973, Temeniophyllum Lang et al. 1940

Parent taxon: Charactophyllidae according to M. A. Abbasi et al. 2014

See also Brownlaw and Jell 2008, Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alaiophyllum, Ceciliaphyllum, Chostophyllum, Hunanophrentis, Piceaphyllum, Sinodisphyllum

Subtaxa: Temnophyllum (Truncicarinulum) Temnophyllum latum Temnophyllum spissum Temnophyllum turbinatum Temnophyllum waltheri Temnophyllum zamkovae

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Type: Temnophyllum latum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Givetian of Australia (1 collection), China (1), Poland (1)

• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Australia (22), Austria (1), Canada (15: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories), China (23), Czechia (1), France (1), Germany (15), Iran (2), Myanmar (2), Poland (4), Spain (6), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Nevada), Vietnam (3)

Total: 103 collections including 143 occurrences

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