†family Axophyllidae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 (horn coral)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Axophyllidae
Parent taxon: Lonsdaleiina according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Geyerophyllidae, Kepingophyllidae, Pseudopavonidae, Waagenophyllidae
Subtaxa: Axophyllum Gangamophyllum Howthia Pareynia Tatjanophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), China (11), France (3), Ireland (6), Morocco (14), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (5), Türkiye (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (5: Kansas)
Total: 57 collections including 83 occurrences