Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Parent taxon: Lonsdaleiina according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Axophyllidae, Geyerophyllidae, Kepingophyllidae, Pseudopavonidae
Subtaxa: Carinowaagenophyllum Chombungia Chusenophyllum Maoriphyllum Miyagiella Monothecalis Monsteraphyllum Peiraphyllum Symmetrites Vesotabularia Waagenophyllinae Wentzellophyllinae Wentzelophyllum Xainzaphyllum
Type: Waagenophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (2 collections), Armenia (17), Azerbaijan (19), Cambodia (24), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (261), Croatia (1), Indonesia (6), Iran (58), Iraq (6), Italy (1), Japan (47), Laos (6), Malaysia (9), Myanmar (2), New Zealand (1), Oman (8), Pakistan (24), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (9), Slovenia (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tajikistan (12), Thailand (15), Tunisia (3), Turkey (1), United States (11: California, Nevada, Oregon), Vietnam (8)
• Carboniferous of China (3), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 565 collections including 892 occurrences