Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Parent taxon: Ptenophyllinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Fernández-MartÃnez et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophyllum, Acmophyllum, Aphroidophyllum, Australophyllum, Dohmophyllum, Ecnomiophyllum, Gryphophyllum, Grypophyllum, Hankaxis, Hezhangophyllum, Imennovia, Lyrielasma, Neomphyma, Paleogrypophyllum, Pseudochonophyllum, Pseudogrypophyllum, Psydracophyllum, Redstonea, Salairophyllum, Shastaphyllum, Taimyrophyllum, Tonkinaria, Toquimaphyllum, Weissermelia, Windelasma, Xystriphyllum
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (4), China (3), Mongolia (2), Spain (4), Tajikistan (1), United States (2: Nevada, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian of United States (2: Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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