Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Parent taxon: Ptenophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Actinocystinae, Eddastraea, Gaynaphyllum, Laroonaphyllum
Subtaxa: 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 Xystriphyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (38), Austria (3), Belgium (10), Canada (33: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (8), the Czech Republic (5), France (1), Germany (30), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (4), Laos (1), Mauritania (4), Mongolia (3), Morocco (3), Myanmar (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (47), Spain (26), Tajikistan (17), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (48: Alaska, Nevada, Pennsylvania), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (8), Western Sahara (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (2)
• Silurian of Australia (3), Belarus (1), Ukraine (4), United States (15: Alaska, California, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 339 collections including 603 occurrences