Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Synonym: Sudetia Rozkowska 1960
Parent taxon: Phillipsastreidae according to R. L. S. Brownlaw and J. S. Jell 2008
See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bensonastraea, Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Frechastraea, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Macgeea, Pachyphyllum, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sulcorphyllum, Thamnophyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phillipsastraeinae, Phacellophyllinae
Subtaxa: Peneckiella capitanea Peneckiella gracilis Peneckiella haultainensis Peneckiella minor Peneckiella moniliforme Peneckiella naniforme Peneckiella teicherti
Type: Diphyphyllum minus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2 collections), Australia (8), Belgium (4), Canada (31: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Northwest Territories), China (4), France (1), Germany (1), Iran (2), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Turkey (2), United States (3: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho)
Total: 61 collections including 72 occurrences
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