Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Parent taxon: Goniophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956, Merriam 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araeopoma, Calceola, Goniophyllum, Protaeropoma, Rhizophylloides, Rhytidophyllum, Teratophyllum
Subtaxa: Rhizophyllum bohemicum Rhizophyllum calceoloides Rhizophyllum compositum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (12 collections), China (2), the Russian Federation (6), Spain (1), Tajikistan (3), United States (3: Alaska, Nevada), Vietnam (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian of Australia (7), China (7), Japan (1), Sweden (2), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: Alaska, California, Kentucky, Nevada, Oklahoma)
Total: 63 collections including 73 occurrences
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