Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae
Parent taxon: Petalaxidae according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2007
See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cystolonsdaleia, Huanglongophyllum, Ivanovia, Lithostrotionella, Omaniphyllum, Paralithostrotion, Petalaxis, Protoivanovia
Subtaxa: Lytvophyllum flexuosum Lytvophyllum hongi Lytvophyllum mongeri Lytvophyllum sustutense Lytvophyllum tschernowi Lytvophyllum wersonae
Type: Thysanophyllum tschernowi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (4: British Columbia collections), China (5), United States (6: Alaska, California, Nevada)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
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