Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Synonym: Phillipsastraeidae Roemer 1883 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Columnariina according to R. L. S. Brownlaw and J. S. Jell 2008
See also Hill 1956 and Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Acervulariidae, Acrocyathidae, Disphyllidae, Durhaminidae, Lithostrotionidae, Lonsdaleiidae
Subtaxa: Bensonastraea Chuanbeiphyllum Farabophyllum Frechastraea Keriophylloides Kuangxiastraea Macgeea Pachyphyllum Peneckiella Phacellophyllinae Phillipsastraeinae Phillipsastrea Protomacgeea Pterorrhiza Smithicyathus Stellatophyllum Sulcorphyllum Thamnophyllum Trapezophyllum Vestigiphyllum
Type: Phillipsastrea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Morocco (3 collections)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (17), Australia (36), Austria (3), Belgium (18), Canada (82: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Northwest Territories), China (15), Czechia (7), France (5), Germany (22), Iran (5), Kazakhstan (4), Mauritania (6), Mongolia (1), Morocco (10), Myanmar (3), Poland (10), the Russian Federation (21), Spain (28), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (5), Türkiye (2), the United Kingdom (15), United States (57: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, New York), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (3), Western Sahara (4)
• Silurian of United States (1: California)
Total: 388 collections including 715 occurrences