Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Parent taxon: Caniniina according to O. L. Kossovaya et al. 2016
See also Hill 1956 and Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Bothrophyllidae, Endamplexidae, Uraliniidae
Subtaxa: Arctophyllum Caninia Crataniophyllum Dagmaraephyllum Ferganophyllum Humboldtia Kakwiphyllum Kusbassophyllum Lithodrumus Lublinophyllum Melanophyllum Menophyllum Preisingerella Pseudozaphrentoides Ruteha Siphonophyllia Skolekophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Bolivia (1 collection), Canada (5: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (14), Guatemala (1), Iran (6), Laos (1), the Russian Federation (11), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Turkey (1), United States (12: California, Nevada), Vietnam (2)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (1), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Canada (9: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (7), France (3), Ireland (15), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (10), the Russian Federation (7), Spain (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Turkey (2), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (96), United States (78: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Devonian of Australia (1), China (2), Kazakhstan (1), United States (8: Montana, and Wyoming, New Mexico, New York)
Total: 313 collections including 386 occurrences