Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Parent taxon: Phillipsastreidae according to R. A. McLean 1994
See also Hill 1956
Sister taxa: Bensonastraea, Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Frechastraea, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Macgeea, Peneckiella, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phillipsastraeinae, Phacellophyllinae
Subtaxa: Pachyphyllum dumonti Pachyphyllum woodmani
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (7: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Northwest Territories), the Russian Federation (4), United States (10: Iowa, Nevada, New York)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences
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