Anthozoa - Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae
Parent taxon: Arachnophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956, Merriam 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Angullophyllum, Arachnophyllinae, Arachnophyllum, Craterophyllum, Idiophyllum, Naos, Ningqiangophyllum, Prodarwinia, Pseudomucophyllum, Ptychophyllinae, Werneckelasma, Zenophila
Subtaxa: Chonophyllum magnificum Chonophyllum simpsoni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (4: Alaska, California, Indiana, New York collections)
• Silurian of Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Quebec, Québec), India (3), Mongolia (2), United States (8: California, Iowa)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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