Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentoididae
Parent taxon: Zaphrentoididae according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Cumminsiinae, Saharaphrentis
Subtaxa: Ankhelasma Basleophyllum Fasciculiamplexus Homalophyllites Sychnoelasma Zaphrentoides
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chesterian of United States (2: Kentucky, Montana collections)
• Osagean of United States (6: California, Montana, Nevada, Utah)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (1), Australia (1), China (3), Ireland (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (46), United States (17: Alabama, California, Idaho, Montana)
• Mississippian of United States (3: Idaho)
• Devonian of Australia (2), China (1), Germany (1), Turkey (2), United States (1: Montana, and Wyoming)
Total: 95 collections including 103 occurrences