Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Parent taxon: Ptenophyllinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956, Merriam 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophyllum, Acmophyllum, Aphroidophyllum, Australophyllum, Dohmophyllum, Ecnomiophyllum, Embolophyllum, Gryphophyllum, Grypophyllum, Hankaxis, Hezhangophyllum, Imennovia, Lyrielasma, Paleogrypophyllum, Pseudochonophyllum, Pseudogrypophyllum, Psydracophyllum, Redstonea, Salairophyllum, Shastaphyllum, Taimyrophyllum, Tonkinaria, Toquimaphyllum, Weissermelia, Windelasma, Xystriphyllum
Subtaxa: Neomphyma crassa Neomphyma crawfordi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (4: Yukon), the Russian Federation (13), Tajikistan (8), United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 29 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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