Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Alternative spelling: Zaphrentoides (Amplexizaphrentis)
Synonyms: Enniskillenia Kabakovich 1962, Triplophyllites Easton 1944
Parent taxon: Hapsiphyllinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Easton 1975 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allophyllum, Barytichisma, Canadiphyllum, Clinophyllum, Duplophyllum, Famennelasma, Hapsiphyllum, Longiclava, Meniscophyllum, Neozaphrentis, Zaphrentites, Zaphrentula
Subtaxa: Amplexizaphrentis exzentrica Amplexizaphrentis illizidensis Amplexizaphrentis pustulosa Triplophyllites (Triplophyllites) Zaphrentoides (Amplexizaphrentis) californicus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Greenland (3 collections)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (2), Australia (1), Canada (7: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (1), Egypt (3), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (11), United States (87: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)
• Devonian of United States (1: Montana, and Wyoming)
Total: 121 collections including 132 occurrences
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