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Zaphriphyllum

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Zaphriphyllum
Temporal range: Devonian-Mississippian
~365–343 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: †Rugosa
Order: †Stauriida
Family: †Ekvasophyllidae
Genus: †Zaphriphyllum
Sutherland 1954[1]
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Zaphriphyllum is an extinct genus of horn coral belonging to the suborder Stariidae and family Ekvasophyllidae.[2] Specimens have been found in Mississippian beds in North America[3] and Turkey.[4] It is the characteristic coral of the Kelly Limestone of New Mexico, US.[3]

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