Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Parent taxon: Ptenophyllinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophyllum, Acmophyllum, Aphroidophyllum, Australophyllum, Dohmophyllum, Ecnomiophyllum, Embolophyllum, Gryphophyllum, Grypophyllum, Hankaxis, Hezhangophyllum, Imennovia, Lyrielasma, Neomphyma, Paleogrypophyllum, Pseudochonophyllum, Pseudogrypophyllum, Psydracophyllum, Redstonea, Salairophyllum, Shastaphyllum, Taimyrophyllum, Tonkinaria, Toquimaphyllum, Weissermelia, Windelasma
Subtaxa: Xystriphyllum dotswoodense Xystriphyllum dunstani Xystriphyllum magnum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Couvinien of Australia (1 collection)
• Devonian of Australia (17), Canada (9: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Laos (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (9), Tajikistan (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (17: Alaska)
Total: 61 collections including 71 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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