Tabulophyllum

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]

Tabulophyllum Temporal range: Devonian ~403–361 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	†Rugosa
Order:	†Stauriida
Family:	†Kyphophyllidae
Subfamily:	†Kyphophyllinae
Genus:	†Tabulophyllum Fenton and Fenton 1924
Species
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Species

• T. buccinum Sorauf 1998^[3]
• T. carinatum Zhen 1995^[2]
• T. curtum Sorauf 1998^[3]
• T. levorsoni Sorauf 1998^[3]
• T. mutabile Sorauf 1998^[3]
• T. traversensis Winchell 1866^[6][5]