Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Parent taxon: Ketophyllina according to D. Hill 1981
See also Kaljo 1958 and Merriam 1972
Sister taxa: Endophyllidae, Kakisaphyllidae, Ketophyllidae
Subtaxa: Donacophyllum Entelophylloides Kyphophyllinae Kyphophyllum Maikottaphyllum Neokyphophyllum Pilophylloides Pilophyllum Pseudoendophyllum Strombodes Wintunastraea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (8 collections), Belgium (6), Canada (76: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (7), the Czech Republic (5), France (3), Germany (7), Kazakhstan (8), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (11), Spain (8), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (35: Alaska, Arizona, California, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, New York), Vietnam (3)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian of Canada (5: Northwest Territories and Yukon, Ontario, Quebec), China (14), Estonia (8), Japan (1), Mongolia (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (14), Sweden (1), Ukraine (4), United States (18: California, Kentucky, Ohio)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec), Estonia (5)
Total: 258 collections including 399 occurrences