Tabulophyllum
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| Tabulophyllum Temporal range: Devonian ~ | |
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| Tabulophyllum fossil unearthed from Huaning County and collected in Yuxi Museum, Yunnan, China | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | †Rugosa |
| Order: | †Stauriida |
| Family: | †Kyphophyllidae |
| Subfamily: | †Kyphophyllinae |
| Genus: | †Tabulophyllum Fenton and Fenton 1924 |
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Tabulophyllum is an extinct genus of horn coral belonging to the order Stariidae and family Kyphophyllidae.[1] Specimens have been found in Devonian beds in Australia[2] North America,[3] and most other major areas of Devonian outcrops. The genus was highly adaptable to a variety of substrates, including muddy, sandy, and firm substrates.[4] The genus had a low-magnesium calcite skeleton and may have flourished in times of "calcite seas".[5] There is evidence from fossil reefs in the Onate Formation of New Mexico, US that the genus favored the receptaculitid Sphaerospongia as a firm substrate for growth.[6]
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