Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Synonym: Kiaerophyllum Wedekind 1927
Parent taxon: Streptelasmatinae according to R. J. Elias 1985
See also Elias 1981, Hill 1953, Hill 1956, Kaljo 1958, Neuman 1969, Reiman 1958 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aknisophyllum, Archaeozaphrentis, Asthenophyllum, Axiphoria, Axolasma, Bighornia, Bowenelasma, Briantelasma, Densigrewingkia, Densiphrentis, Densiphyllum, Eurogrewingkia, Fosselasma, Kaljolasma, Kenophyllum, Kionelasma, Leolasma, Lobocorallium, Ogilvilasma, Parabrachyelasma, Paramplexoides, Pterophrentis, Pycnactoides, Rectigrewingkia, Salvadorea, Siphonolasma, Streptelasma, Triplophyllum, Ullernelasma
Subtaxa: Grewingkia alternata Grewingkia anguinea Grewingkia buceros Grewingkia canadensis Grewingkia compactum Grewingkia contexta Grewingkia crassa Grewingkia cuneata Grewingkia dentiseptata Grewingkia dilata Grewingkia dumosum Grewingkia equinum Grewingkia europaeum Grewingkia falcatum Grewingkia granosa Grewingkia hibernica Grewingkia injunctum Grewingkia kiaeri Grewingkia lamellosa Grewingkia neumani Grewingkia obichundensis Grewingkia parva Grewingkia robusta Grewingkia robustum Grewingkia rustica Grewingkia semilunatum Grewingkia voruense Grewingkia whitei Zaphrenthis haysii
Type: Clisiophyllum buceros
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (2 collections), Norway (1), United States (1: Ohio)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (69: Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec), China (3), Estonia (10), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (9), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (2), United States (82: Alaska, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 186 collections including 202 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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