Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Parent taxon: Cystiphyllidae according to C. W. Merriam 1973
See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asperophyllum, Atopocystis, Bucanophyllum, Ceriocysta, Coleophyllum, Cystiphyllinae, Cystiphylloides, Cystiphyllum, Digonoclisia, Diplochone, Edaphophyllum, Holcocystis, Mackenziephyllum, Pseudodigonophyllum, Pseudomicroplasma, Zonophyllum
Subtaxa: Microplasma ronense
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (5 collections), Canada (5: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), China (4), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (2), United States (2: Alaska, Nevada), Vietnam (1)
• Silurian of Australia (2), China (12), the Czech Republic (1), Greenland (1), the Russian Federation (8), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Alaska, Indiana, Virginia)
Total: 50 collections including 51 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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