Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Synonyms: Fascicularia Dybowski 1873, Phacelophyllum Lang et al. 1940
Parent taxon: Phillipsastreidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bensonastraea, Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Frechastraea, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Macgeea, Pachyphyllum, Peneckiella, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Scruttonia, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sudetia, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phacellophyllinae, Phillipsastraeinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (5 collections), Canada (8: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Northwest Territories), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Myanmar (1), United States (5: Alaska, Arizona)
Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences
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