''Tabulophyllum'' is an
extinct
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genus
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of
horn coral
The Rugosa or rugose corals are an extinct class of solitary and colonial corals that were abundant in Middle Ordovician to Late Permian seas.
Solitary rugosans (e.g., '' Caninia'', '' Lophophyllidium'', '' Neozaphrentis'', '' Streptelasma ...
belonging to the order
Stariidae and family
Kyphophyllidae.
Specimens have been found in
Devonian
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beds in Australia
North America,
[ and most other major areas of Devonian outcrops. The genus was highly adaptable to a variety of substrates, including muddy, sandy, and firm substrates.]magnesium
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calcite
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skeleton and may have flourished in times of "calcite seas".[ There is evidence from fossil reefs in the Onate Formation of ]New Mexico
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, US that the genus favored the receptaculitid '' Sphaerospongia'' as a firm substrate for growth.[
]
Species
*''T. buccinum'' Sorauf 1998
References
Paleozoic life
Rugosa
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