Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Synonym: Heliogonium Chapman 1893
Parent taxon: Zaphrentidae according to D. Hill 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aemulophyllum, Cyathocylindrium, Heliophylloides, Keriophyllum, Phymatophyllum, Zaphrenthis
Subtaxa: Heliophyllum confluens Heliophyllum halli Heliophyllum reflexum Heliophyllum solidum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (1), Austria (1), Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Ontario), Czechia (2), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (10), Mongolia (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (107: Alaska, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, New York, Ohio)
• Silurian of United States (2: California)
Total: 143 collections including 181 occurrences
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