Anthozoa - Stauriida - Mucophyllidae
Synonym: Mycophyllum Lang et al. 1940
Parent taxon: Mucophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956, Merriam 1972, Merriam 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adinophyllum, Briantia, Kungejophyllum, Pseudamplexophyllum, Pseudamplexus, Pseudotryplasma, Stylopleura
Subtaxa: Mucophyllum mcintyrei Mucophyllum oliveri
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (2 collections), Tajikistan (2), United States (4: Nevada), Vietnam (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of Pakistan (1), Ukraine (1)
• Silurian of Australia (7), Canada (3: Nunavut), China (3), Ukraine (1), United States (3: California, Indiana)
Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences
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