Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae
Parent taxon: Stauriidae according to T.C. Gierlowski and R. L. Langenheim 1985
See also Blazer 1975, Hill 1956, Merriam 1972, Merriam 1973, Pestana 1960, Reiman 1958 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astrictophyllum, Ceriaster, Columnolasma, Crenulites, Cyathophylloides, Dendrostella, Favistella, Favistina, Loyolophyllum, Modesta, Nadotia, Neotabularia, Palaeoentelophyllum, Palaeolithostrotion, Parastauria, Placophyllum, Prisciturben, Proterophyllum, Stauria, Synaptophyllum
Subtaxa: Palaeophyllum cateniforme Palaeophyllum gracile Palaeophyllum humei Palaeophyllum margaretae Palaeophyllum radugini Palaeophyllum tubuliferum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (5: Ontario, Quebec), China (5), Estonia (2), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (1), United States (7: Alaska, California, New York)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: California)
• Ordovician of Australia (9), Canada (30: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Québec), China (4), Mongolia (3), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (11: California, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 89 collections including 102 occurrences
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