Anthozoa - Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Parent taxon: Metriophyllidae according to D. Hill 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antiphyllum, Asserculinia, Buschophyllum, Centrocellulosum, Disophyllum, Duncanella, Metrioplexus, Petronella
Subtaxa: Metriophyllum ilitschense Metriophyllum qaganqulutense
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (4 collections), Tunisia (1)
• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (15: Idaho, Indiana, Montana, Tennessee)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Australia (5), Austria (1), Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), France (2), Germany (1), Morocco (2), Spain (6), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: New York)
Total: 47 collections including 48 occurrences
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