Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Parent taxon: Laccophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Amplexocariniinae, Friedbergiinae, Guerichiphyllinae, Neaxoninae, Retiophyllum, Taralasmatinae
Subtaxa: Alleynia Barrandeophyllum Bitraria Boolelasma Kabakovitchiella Laccophyllum Metrionaxon Pedderelasma Saucrophyllum Schindewolfia Sutherlandinia Syringaxon
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (3 collections), China (1), Mexico (1), Spain (1)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Australia (12), China (4), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (4), Mongolia (1), Morocco (4), New Zealand (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (3), Tajikistan (7), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (6), United States (10: Nevada, New York)
• Silurian of Australia (5), Belarus (1), China (2), the Czech Republic (1), Mongolia (1), Sweden (3), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California, Oklahoma), Venezuela (1)
Total: 90 collections including 116 occurrences