Anthozoa - Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Parent taxon: Rugosa according to M. A. Abbasi et al. 2014
See also Brownlaw and Jell 2008
Sister taxa: Acanthophillia, Accurganaxon, Agastophyllum, Alinkioduncanella, Allotropiocarinophyllum, Anactolasma, Antracophyllum, Aphroelasma, Arcocyathus, Arcoplasma, Asarcophyllum, Asterodisphyllum, Astraeophyllum, Asturiphyllum, Aulostrotion, Axinura, Axocricophyllum, Barbouria, Bathybalva, Belgradeophyllum, Beogradophyllum, Botrophyllum, Brochiphyllum, Calceolidae, Calinastrea, Campsactis, Cardiaphyllum, Cavilasma, Cerioelasma, Ceriphyllum, Ceristella, Changjianggouphyllum, Choanoplasma, Chonophyllidae, Complanophyllum, Conilophyllum, Cothoniida, Crassophrentis, Crateniophyllum, Crepidophyllia, Cuctienophyllum, Curtastrum, Cyanaphyllum, Cyathactidae, Cystihexagonaria, Cystiphyllida, Cystiphyllina, Cystiphylloidae, Cystocantrilla, Cystodactylon, Cystolyrielasma, Cystostylus, Cyttaroplasma, Dibunophylloides, Dimelasma, Dinostrophinx, Diversiphyllum, Drewerelasma, Duncania, Duplocarinia, Elasmophyllum, Ellesmerelasma, Ellipsocyathus, Enallophrentis, Entelophyllia, Ericina, Evenkiellidae, Exostega, Fomichivella, Frechastrea, Fromeophyllum, Fruehwirthia, Gazimuria, Gorskyella, Gubbera, Gudmania, Gurieuskiella, Hapsizaphrentis, Hebukophyllum, Hezhouphyllum, Hinganastraea, Honggulosma, Huadianophyllidae, Huananaxonia, Indiophyllum, Insoliphyllum, Ipsiphyllum, Jipaolasma, Joachimastraea, Keimanelasma, Kenelasma, Koninckocarina, Kowalaephyllum, Kullmannophyllum, Lesliella, Leurelasma, Litvolasma, Macgea, Mecloudius, Miroelasma, Mixogonaria, Molophyllum, Murphyphyllum, Neepaliphyllum, Neoaspongophyllum, Neocantrilla, Neoclissiophyllum, Neogrootia, Neokeyserlingophyllum, Neostringophylloides, Neotemnophyllum, Ninghuaphyllum, Nordastrea, Novichuskia, Orthophyllum, Paleocyclidae, Paracannia, Paradoxaphyllia, Paramixogonaria, Parasiphonophyllia, Parasterophrentis, Parasunophyllum, Parathysanophyllum, Parazolophyllia, Parvaxon, Pentaphyllia, Peronophyllum, Phacelloplasma, Phineus, Pleurophyllum, Polaroplasma, Poliphyllum, Polyadelphia, Polydilasma, Polygonaria, Polyrophe, Polythecalloides, Praetachylasma, Protoaulacophyllum, Protocaninia, Protocarcinophyllum, Protocyathophyllum, Protowentzellia, Protozaphrentidae, Pseudallotropiophyllum, Pseudoamplexus, Pseudoamygdalophyllum, Pseudomicrocroplasma, Pseudorhabdophyllum, Ptychocalamocyathus, Ptychocalamocyathus gracilis, Puanophyllum, Qinlingophyllum, Rachaniephyllum, Radiastrea, Reimanelasma, Rhytidolasma, Rozkowskaella, Schizophaulactis, Schlueteriphylum, Schreteria, Scissoplasma, Segdianophyllum, Shansiphyllum, Sigelophyllum, Soetenia, Sokoloviella, Sphaerophyllum, Spissophyllum, Spongastraea, Stauriida, Stauromatidiidae, Stegophyllum, Stereodepasophyllum, Stereodespasophyllum, Stereophrentis, Stilbophyllum, Stringophylloides, Stummelasma, Subutaratuia, Sutherlandia, Taiziheophyllum, Taruphyllum, Tetrafossularia, Texturiphyllum, Thololasma, Thoulelasma, Thryptophyllum, Thuliocyclus, Thuriantha, Thyryptophyllum, Timanophyllum, Tjanshanophyllum, Trachylasma, Trigonella, Triphyllia, Trypacystiphyllum, Tryplasmidae, Tumanophyllum, Tumsucophyllum, Turbinatocanina, Ulanophyllum, Vepresisociophyllum, Veraephyllum, Vischeria, Vojnovskija, Volgerophyllum, Weiningophyllum, Wenxianophyllum, Wexolina, Weyerelasma, Xiangzhouphyllum, Yanbianophyllum, Yishanophyllum, Yurievstiella, Zaphrentacea, Zelocystiphyllum, Zenophilia, Zhushanophyllum, Zmeinogorskia
Subtaxa: Alaiophyllum Ceciliaphyllum Chostophyllum Hunanophrentis Piceaphyllum Sinodisphyllum Temnophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Australia (1 collection), China (1), Poland (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Australia (22), Austria (1), Belgium (2), Canada (38: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Northwest Territories), China (23), Czechia (9), France (1), Germany (17), Iran (6), Morocco (1), Myanmar (2), Poland (5), Spain (7), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Nevada), Vietnam (4)
Total: 146 collections including 224 occurrences