Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Alternative spelling: Frechastrea
Parent taxon: Phillipsastreidae according to R. A. McLean 1994
See also Hill 1981, Kiessling 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bensonastraea, Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Macgeea, Pachyphyllum, Peneckiella, Phacellophyllum, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Scruttonia, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sudetia, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phacellophyllinae, Phillipsastraeinae
Subtaxa: Frechastraea borealis Frechastraea coeni Frechastraea delicatula Frechastraea glabra Frechastraea phillipsastraeiformis Frechastraea pollicaris Frechastraea schafferi Frechastraea scruttoni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (3), Belgium (3), Canada (13: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Northwest Territories), China (1), Germany (2), Iran (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 28 collections including 32 occurrences
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