Zelophyllum Wedekind 1927 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Pycnostylidae

Parent taxon: Pycnostylidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Hill 1956, Merriam 1972, Merriam 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cyathopaedium, Depasophyllum, Fletcherina, Pycnostylus, Synamplexus, Thecacristatus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of the Russian Federation (3 collections), Tajikistan (3), United States (1: Nevada)

• Silurian to Devonian of Pakistan (1)

• Silurian of China (8), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (12: Alaska, California, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 34 collections including 39 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.