Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Parent taxon: Ptenophyllinae according to W. Kiessling 2003
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophyllum, Acmophyllum, Aphroidophyllum, Australophyllum, Dohmophyllum, Ecnomiophyllum, Embolophyllum, Gryphophyllum, Hankaxis, Hezhangophyllum, Imennovia, Lyrielasma, Neomphyma, Paleogrypophyllum, Pseudochonophyllum, Pseudogrypophyllum, Psydracophyllum, Redstonea, Salairophyllum, Shastaphyllum, Taimyrophyllum, Tonkinaria, Toquimaphyllum, Weissermelia, Windelasma, Xystriphyllum
Subtaxa: Grypophyllum benbowi Grypophyllum curvatum Grypophyllum jenkinsi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (7 collections), Austria (2), Canada (14: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, British Columbia, Northwest Territories), China (2), the Czech Republic (3), Germany (11), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (3), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Alaska, Nevada), Vietnam (6)
Total: 63 collections including 79 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.