Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Parent taxon: Craniidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Temple 1987
Sister taxa: Acanthocrania, Ancistrocrania, Celidocrania, Conocrania, Crania, Craniscus, Danocrania, Deliella, Isocrania, Lepidocrania, Mesocrania, Nematocrania, Neoancistrocrania, Novocrania, Orthisocrania, Petrocrania, Pseudocrania, Valdiviathyris, Venetocrania, Westralicrania, Xenocrania
Subtaxa: Philhedra acutilirata Philhedra athenae Philhedra baltica Philhedra crenistriata Philhedra cribrum Philhedra grayii Philhedra laelia Philhedra megalophthalma Philhedra pauciradiata Philhedra playfairi Philhedra pulchelloides Philhedra rowleyi Philhedra stawyensis Philhedra trigonalis
Type: Philhedra baltica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Ireland (1 collection), United States (5: Missouri, Montana, Texas)
• Devonian of Australia (4), Austria (1), Germany (3), United States (33: Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, New York, Ohio, Utah)
• Silurian of Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (3: New York, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), China (4), Czechia (3), Estonia (2), Ireland (1), Norway (3), Poland (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (11: Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee)
Total: 94 collections including 96 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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