Anthozoa - Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Synonym: Temeniophyllum Lang et al. 1940
Parent taxon: Charactophyllidae according to M. A. Abbasi et al. 2014
See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alaiophyllum, Ceciliaphyllum, Charactophyllum, Chostophyllum, Hunanophrentis, Piceaphyllum, Sinodisphyllum, Spinophyllum
Subtaxa: Temnophyllum menyouense Temnophyllum occidentale Temnophyllum spissum Temnophyllum turbinatum Temnophyllum waltheri Temnophyllum zamkovae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Australia (1 collection), China (1), Poland (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Australia (22), Austria (1), Canada (15: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories), China (23), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (17), Iran (3), Myanmar (2), Poland (4), Spain (6), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Nevada), Vietnam (3)
Total: 106 collections including 154 occurrences
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