Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Synonyms: Clisaxophyllum Grabau 1931, Clisiaxophyllum Lang et al. 1940
Parent taxon: Clisiophyllinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Axoclisia, Cyathoclisia, Neoclisiophyllum
Subtaxa: Clisiophyllum banffense Clisiophyllum gabbi Clisiophyllum geinitzii Clisiophyllum keyserlingi Clisiophyllum nordenskioldii Clisiophyllum oweni Clisiophyllum panamintense Clisiophyllum tumulus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Canada (2: Nunavut), China (1), Indonesia (2), United States (4: Alaska, California)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (2), Belgium (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (2), Egypt (1), France (2), Ireland (3), Japan (1), Morocco (11), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (17), United States (7: Alaska, California, Nevada)
• Devonian of Germany (1), Poland (2)
• Silurian of Sweden (2)
Total: 69 collections including 73 occurrences
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