Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Synonyms: Fascicularia Dybowski 1873, Neopetrozium, Phacellophyllum Gürich 1909, Phacelophyllum Lang et al. 1940, Profascicularia Cotton 1973, Pseudopexiphyllum Hubmann 1992, Senceliastraea Tsien 1968, Thamnophylloides Jin and He 1982, Xystriphylloides Yü 1974
Parent taxon: Phillipsastreidae according to R. L. S. Brownlaw and J. S. Jell 2008
See also Denayer and Hoşgör 2021, Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bensonastraea, Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Frechastraea, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Macgeea, Pachyphyllum, Peneckiella, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sulcorphyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phillipsastraeinae, Phacellophyllinae
Subtaxa: Pseudopexiphyllum supradevonicum Thamnophyllum cordense Thamnophyllum julli Thamnophyllum kimberleyense Thamnophyllum ossalense Thamnophyllum pedderi Thamnophyllum stachei
Type: Thamnophyllum stachei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Morocco (2 collections)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Australia (22), Austria (2), Belgium (5), Canada (33: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Northwest Territories), China (4), Czechia (7), France (4), Germany (8), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), Morocco (3), Myanmar (1), Poland (7), the Russian Federation (12), Spain (8), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (17: Alaska, Arizona), Vietnam (1)
Total: 154 collections including 168 occurrences
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