Anthozoa - Rugosa - Chonophyllidae
Parent taxon: Rugosa according to C. W. Merriam 1974
See also Hill 1956 and Kaljo 1958
Sister taxa: Acanthophillia, Accurganaxon, Agastophyllum, Alinkioduncanella, Allotropiocarinophyllum, Anactolasma, Antracophyllum, Aphroelasma, Arcocyathus, Arcoplasma, Asarcophyllum, Asterodisphyllum, Astraeophyllum, Asturiphyllum, Aulostrotion, Axinura, Axocricophyllum, Barbouria, Bathybalva, Belgradeophyllum, Beogradophyllum, Botrophyllum, Brochiphyllum, Calceolidae, Calinastrea, Campsactis, Cardiaphyllum, Cavilasma, Cerioelasma, Ceriphyllum, Ceristella, Changjianggouphyllum, Charactophyllidae, Choanoplasma, Complanophyllum, Conilophyllum, Cothoniida, Crassophrentis, Crateniophyllum, Crepidophyllia, Cuctienophyllum, Curtastrum, Cyanaphyllum, Cyathactidae, Cystihexagonaria, Cystiphyllida, Cystiphyllina, Cystiphylloidae, Cystocantrilla, Cystodactylon, Cystolyrielasma, Cystostylus, Cyttaroplasma, Dibunophylloides, Dimelasma, Dinostrophinx, Diversiphyllum, Drewerelasma, Duncania, Duplocarinia, Elasmophyllum, Ellesmerelasma, Ellipsocyathus, Enallophrentis, Entelophyllia, Ericina, Evenkiellidae, Exostega, Fomichivella, Frechastrea, Fromeophyllum, Fruehwirthia, Gazimuria, Gorskyella, Gubbera, Gudmania, Gurieuskiella, Hapsizaphrentis, Hebukophyllum, Hezhouphyllum, Hinganastraea, Honggulosma, Huadianophyllidae, Huananaxonia, Indiophyllum, Insoliphyllum, Ipsiphyllum, Jipaolasma, Joachimastraea, Keimanelasma, Kenelasma, Koninckocarina, Kowalaephyllum, Kullmannophyllum, Lesliella, Leurelasma, Litvolasma, Macgea, Mecloudius, Miroelasma, Mixogonaria, Molophyllum, Murphyphyllum, Neepaliphyllum, Neoaspongophyllum, Neocantrilla, Neoclissiophyllum, Neogrootia, Neokeyserlingophyllum, Neostringophylloides, Neotemnophyllum, Ninghuaphyllum, Nordastrea, Novichuskia, Orthophyllum, Paleocyclidae, Paracannia, Paradoxaphyllia, Paramixogonaria, Parasiphonophyllia, Parasterophrentis, Parasunophyllum, Parathysanophyllum, Parazolophyllia, Parvaxon, Pentaphyllia, Peronophyllum, Phacelloplasma, Phineus, Pleurophyllum, Polaroplasma, Poliphyllum, Polyadelphia, Polydilasma, Polygonaria, Polyrophe, Polythecalloides, Praetachylasma, Protoaulacophyllum, Protocaninia, Protocarcinophyllum, Protocyathophyllum, Protowentzellia, Protozaphrentidae, Pseudallotropiophyllum, Pseudoamplexus, Pseudoamygdalophyllum, Pseudomicrocroplasma, Pseudorhabdophyllum, Ptychocalamocyathus, Ptychocalamocyathus gracilis, Puanophyllum, Qinlingophyllum, Rachaniephyllum, Radiastrea, Reimanelasma, Rhytidolasma, Rozkowskaella, Schizophaulactis, Schlueteriphylum, Schreteria, Scissoplasma, Segdianophyllum, Shansiphyllum, Sigelophyllum, Soetenia, Sokoloviella, Sphaerophyllum, Spissophyllum, Spongastraea, Stauriida, Stauromatidiidae, Stegophyllum, Stereodepasophyllum, Stereodespasophyllum, Stereophrentis, Stilbophyllum, Stringophylloides, Stummelasma, Subutaratuia, Sutherlandia, Taiziheophyllum, Taruphyllum, Tetrafossularia, Texturiphyllum, Thololasma, Thoulelasma, Thryptophyllum, Thuliocyclus, Thuriantha, Thyryptophyllum, Timanophyllum, Tjanshanophyllum, Trachylasma, Trigonella, Triphyllia, Trypacystiphyllum, Tryplasmidae, Tumanophyllum, Tumsucophyllum, Turbinatocanina, Ulanophyllum, Vepresisociophyllum, Veraephyllum, Vischeria, Vojnovskija, Volgerophyllum, Weiningophyllum, Wenxianophyllum, Wexolina, Weyerelasma, Xiangzhouphyllum, Yanbianophyllum, Yishanophyllum, Yurievstiella, Zaphrentacea, Zelocystiphyllum, Zenophilia, Zhushanophyllum, Zmeinogorskia
Subtaxa: Blothrophyllinae Chonophyllinae Endophyllinae Sinaxis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories collections), Poland (1), Spain (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian of Canada (3: Ontario, Quebec), China (3), Greenland (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (9), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Alaska, Kentucky)
Total: 34 collections including 35 occurrences