Cyathophyllidae

Belongs within: Rugosa.

The Cyathophyllidae are a family of rugose corals in which the principal septa are not clearly distinguished from the remaining radial septa.

<==Cyathophyllidae [Cyathophyllina]
    |--RadiophyllumNS93
    |--Commutatophyllum cincinnatum Kaplan 1971NS93
    `--CyathophyllumF71
         |--C. articulatumH04
         |--C. diffusum Wrzolek 1982SP86
         |--C. expansumH04
         |--C. marminiH04
         |--C. patula [=Entelophyllum yassense var. patulum]F71
         |--C. regiumI13
         |--C. retiforme Etheridge 1891F71
         |--C. truncatumI13
         `--C. zaphrentoides Etheridge 1891F71

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[F71] Fletcher, H. O. 1971. Catalogue of type specimens of fossils in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Australian Museum Memoir 13: 1–167.

[H04] Haeckel, E. 1899–1904. Kunstformen der Natur. Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig und Wien.

[I13] Innes, D. E. 1913. The internal structure of Upper Silurian rugose corals from the Grindrod collection, Oxford Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 8, 12: 601–602.

[NS93] Nudds, J. R., & J. J. Sepkoski Jr. 1993. Coelenterata. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 101–124. Chapman & Hall: London.

[SP86] Sorauf, J. E., & A. E. H. Pedder. 1986. Late Devonian rugose corals and the Frasnian-Famennian crisis. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 23: 1265–1287.