†suborder Ketophyllina Zhavoronkova 1972 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida

Parent taxon: Stauriida according to D. Hill 1981

Sister taxa: Arachnophyllina, Aulophyllina, Calostylina, Caniniina, Columnariina, Columnaxonidae, Cyathophyllina, Diffingiina, Heritschioides hammani, Kleopatrinidae, Lithostrotionina, Lomaphyllum, Lonsdaleiina, Lophophyllidiidae, Lophotichiidae, Lycophyllina, Mccloudius parvus, Metriophyllina, Mictocystoides, Nanophyllum, Paraceriaster, Petalaxidae, Petraphyllidae, Plerophyllina, Ptenophyllina, Romanophyllidae, Stauriina, Stereolasmatina, Streptelasmatina, Tachylasmatina, Yatsengiidae

Subtaxa: Endophyllidae Kakisaphyllidae Ketophyllidae Kyphophyllidae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (18), Belgium (6), Canada (78: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (9), the Czech Republic (6), France (3), Germany (7), Kazakhstan (9), Morocco (1), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (14), Spain (9), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (38: Alaska, Arizona, California, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, New York), Vietnam (3)

• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (2)

• Silurian of Australia (7), Canada (6: Northwest Territories and Yukon, Ontario, Quebec), China (23), Estonia (8), Greenland (1), Japan (1), Mongolia (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (24), Sweden (4), Tajikistan (2), Ukraine (6), United States (22: Alaska, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec), Estonia (5), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 335 collections including 515 occurrences

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