Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Alternative spelling: Zaphrenites
Synonym: Cypellophyllum Tolmachev 1933
Parent taxon: Hapsiphyllinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956, Kiessling 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allophyllum, Amplexizaphrentis, Barytichisma, Canadiphyllum, Clinophyllum, Duplophyllum, Famennelasma, Hapsiphyllum, Longiclava, Meniscophyllum, Neozaphrentis, Zaphrentula
Subtaxa: Zaphrentites arkansanus Zaphrentites insolitus Zaphrentites ningxiangensis Zaphrentites permicus Zaphrentites shidianensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (5 collections)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (2), China (11), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Ireland (8), Morocco (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (62: Arkansas, California, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 107 collections including 121 occurrences
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