Anthozoa - Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Parent taxon: Metriophyllina according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956
Sister taxa: Combophyllidae, Cyathaxoniidae, Famaxonia, Gymnophyllum, Hadrophyllidae, Kielcephyllidae, Laccophyllidae, Lindstroemiidae, Lyliophyllum, Petraiidae, Rhipidophyllum, Ridderia
Subtaxa: Antiphyllum Asserculinia Buschophyllum Centrocellulosum Disophyllum Duncanella Metriophyllum Metrioplexus Petronella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (14 collections), Greece (1), Iran (2), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tunisia (2)
• Carboniferous of China (1), Poland (1), United States (15: Idaho, Indiana, Montana, Tennessee)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Australia (5), Austria (1), Canada (2: Alberta, Manitoba), China (1), France (6), Germany (2), Morocco (2), Spain (6), Tajikistan (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: New York)
• Silurian of United States (4: Indiana, Michigan, Oklahoma)
Total: 75 collections including 78 occurrences