Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Synonym: Pholidophyllum Lindstroem 1871
Parent taxon: Tryplasmatinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1953, Hill 1956, Kaljo 1957, Merriam 1973, Neuman 1968, Reiman 1958 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aphyllum, Bowanophyllum, Cantrillia, Hillophyllum, Maikottia, Neotryplasma, Polyorophe, Rhabdelasma, Stortophyllum, Wenlockia
Subtaxa: Tryplasma aequabile Tryplasma antiqua Tryplasma basaltiforme Tryplasma brevikense Tryplasma duncanae Tryplasma fascicularium Tryplasma hemicymatelasma Tryplasma magianense Tryplasma newfarmeri Tryplasma pakshifiense Tryplasma praecox Tryplasma spinulatum
Type: Tryplasma aequabile
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (4 collections)
• Devonian of Australia (14), Austria (1), Canada (2: Nunavut), China (5), Italy (3), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (16), Spain (2), Tajikistan (16), United States (20: Alaska, Nevada, New York), Vietnam (6)
• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1), Pakistan (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian of Australia (16), Belarus (1), Canada (18: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (20), the Czech Republic (2), Greenland (1), India (2), Japan (2), Mongolia (3), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (4), Tajikistan (3), Ukraine (10), the United Kingdom (2), United States (16: Alaska, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Manitoba), China (9), Estonia (6), Norway (3), Sweden (2), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada, Utah)
Total: 227 collections including 252 occurrences
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