Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Synonyms: Phillipsastraea d'Orbigny 1850, Pseudoacervularia Schlüter 1881, Smithia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851, Streptastraea Lang et al. 1940, Streptastrea Sandberger and Sandberger 1856
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, Phacellophyllum, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Scruttonia, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sudetia, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phillipsastraeinae, Phacellophyllinae
Subtaxa: Phillipsastrea disrupta Phillipsastrea givetica Phillipsastrea hollardi Phillipsastrea irregularis Phillipsastrea kergarvanensis Phillipsastrea maculosa Phillipsastrea morzadeci Phillipsastrea sobolewi Phillipsastrea sparkensis Smithia hennahii
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Morocco (1 collection)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (9), Australia (13), Belgium (4), Canada (38: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia-Alberta, British columbia, Northwest Territories), China (2), Germany (6), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (2), Mauritania (2), Mongolia (1), Morocco (6), Myanmar (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (9), Spain (20), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (12: Alaska), Vietnam (2), Western Sahara (4)
• Silurian of United States (1: California)
Total: 146 collections including 184 occurrences
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