Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Alternative combinations: Cyathaxonia profunda, Lophophyllum profundum
Belongs to Lophophyllidium according to R. M. Jeffords 1942
See also Girty 1915 and Mark 1912
Sister taxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium), Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium), Lophophyllidium acostatum, Lophophyllidium columellum, Lophophyllidium compactum, Lophophyllidium crassiseptatum, Lophophyllidium interseptatum, Lophophyllidium jiezhangense, Lophophyllidium kayseri, Lophophyllidium liangshanense, Lophophyllidium multiseptum, Lophophyllidium nucleum, Lophophyllidium pendulum, Lophophyllidium proliferum, Lophophyllidium robustum, Lophophyllidium siamense, Lophophyllidium striatum, Lophophyllidium vallum, Lophophyllidium vidriensis, Lophophyllidium vietnamense, Lophophyllidium xiangyashanense, Lophophyllidium zaphrentoidea, Stereostylus annae, Stereostylus xizangensis, Stereostylus bollibokkensis, Sinophyllum clavaeformis, Sinophyllum breviseptatum, Sinophyllum parvum, Sinophyllum pendulum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (39: Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah collections)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
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