Anthozoa - Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae
Alternative spelling: Siphonophrentinae
Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1974. Lower and Lower Middle Devonian rugose corals of the central Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 805:1-83
Parent taxon: Stauriina according to V. S. Tsyganko 2014
See also Merriam 1974
Sister taxa: Amplexidae, Centristelidae, Kiziliidae, Neocolumnariidae, Pycnostylidae, Stauriidae
Subtaxa: Siphonophrentis Syvjuphyllum
Type: Siphonophrentis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (8 collections), Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (1), Mauritania (2), Morocco (1), Spain (8), the United Kingdom (1), United States (15: Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, New York), Western Sahara (1)
• Paleozoic of United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 45 collections including 52 occurrences