Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Parent taxon: Cyathopsidae according to Z. Luo et al. 2022
See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arctophyllum, Crataniophyllum, Dagmaraephyllum, Ferganophyllum, Humboldtia, Kakwiphyllum, Kusbassophyllum, Lithodrumus, Lublinophyllum, Melanophyllum, Menophyllum, Preisingerella, Pseudozaphrentoides, Ruteha, Siphonophyllia, Skolekophyllum
Subtaxa: Caninia complexa Caninia corniculum Caninia cornucopiae Caninia lingwuensis Caninia mansuyi Caninia mapingensis Caninia minima Caninia montanensis Caninia ovibos Caninia tabulata Caninia torquia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Bolivia (1 collection), Canada (5: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (9), Guatemala (1), Laos (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (3: Nevada), Vietnam (2)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Canada (8: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (6), France (1), Ireland (6), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (84), United States (72: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Devonian of Australia (1), China (2), Kazakhstan (1), United States (6: Montana, and Wyoming, New Mexico, New York)
Total: 225 collections including 256 occurrences
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