†subfamily Ptenophyllinae Wedekind 1923 (horn coral)

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

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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

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