Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Synonym: Medusaephyllum Roemer 1855
Parent taxon: Phillipsastreidae according to R. A. McLean 1994
See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bensonastraea, Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Frechastraea, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Macgeea, Peneckiella, Phacellophyllum, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Scruttonia, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sudetia, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phacellophyllinae, Phillipsastraeinae
Subtaxa: Pachyphyllum dumonti Pachyphyllum woodmani
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (20: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Northwest Territories), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (2), United States (14: Arizona, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, New York)
Total: 41 collections including 63 occurrences
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