Anthozoa - Stauriida - Spongophyllidae
Parent taxon: Spongophyllidae according to D. Hill 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Battersbyia, Carlinastraea, Denayphyllum, Heterospongophyllum, Neovepresiphyllum, Tawuphyllum
Subtaxa: Spongophyllum (Beugniesastraea) Spongophyllum neomphymoides Spongophyllum sedgwicki
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (3 collections), Austria (1), Canada (2: Yukon), China (3), Germany (3), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (15), Tajikistan (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Alaska, Nevada), Vietnam (2)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Yukon), China (2), United States (2: California)
Total: 50 collections including 55 occurrences
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