Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Parent taxon: Cystiphyllida according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956
Sister taxa: Cystiphyllidae, Digonophyllidae, Fletcheriidae, Holmophyllidae, Palaeocyclidae, Tryplasmatidae
Subtaxa: Araeopoma Calceola Goniophyllum Protaeropoma Rhizophylloides Rhizophyllum Rhytidophyllum Teratophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (23 collections), Austria (1), Belgium (10), China (9), the Czech Republic (3), France (2), Germany (8), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (9), Spain (4), Tajikistan (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada), Vietnam (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian of Australia (7), Canada (2: Nunavut, Ontario), China (7), Japan (1), Sweden (5), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (12: Alaska, California, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, Oklahoma)
Total: 129 collections including 147 occurrences