Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
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, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Scruttonia, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sudetia, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phacellophyllinae, Phillipsastraeinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Belgium (1), China (2), United States (3: Alaska, Arizona, Iowa)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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