Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Synonym: Phillipsastraeidae Roemer 1883 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Columnariina according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956
Sister taxa: Acervulariidae, Acrocyathidae, Columnariidae, Disphyllidae, Durhaminidae, Lithostrotionidae, Lonsdaleiidae
Subtaxa: Bensonastraea Chuanbeiphyllum Farabophyllum Frechastraea Keriophylloides Kuangxiastraea Macgeea Pachyphyllum Peneckiella Phacellophyllinae Phacellophyllum Phillipsastraeinae Phillipsastrea Protomacgeea Pterorrhiza Scruttonia Smithicyathus Stellatophyllum Sudetia Sulcorphyllum Thamnophyllum Trapezophyllum Vestigiphyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (15 collections), Australia (36), Austria (3), Belgium (18), Canada (82: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Northwest Territories), China (12), the Czech Republic (7), France (5), Germany (21), Iran (5), Kazakhstan (4), Mauritania (2), Mongolia (1), Morocco (12), Myanmar (3), Poland (10), the Russian Federation (21), Spain (28), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (5), Turkey (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: 377 collections including 701 occurrences