Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lykophyllidae
Synonyms: Lykocystiphyllum Wedekind 1927, Lykophyllum Wedekind 1927, Mesactis Ryder 1926, Semaiophyllum Vollbrecht 1927
Parent taxon: Lykophyllidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Camurophyllum, Hercophyllum, Holophragma, Neocystiphyllum, Onychophyllum, Plasmophyllum, Pseudocystiphyllum, Pseudophaulactis, Pycnactis, Reimanophyllum, Rukhinia, Ryderophyllum, Strephophyllum, Sverigophyllum, Svetlania, Zeravschania
Subtaxa: Phaulactis semaiophylloides Semaiophyllum magnus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Tajikistan (1), United States (2: Alaska)
• Jaani of Estonia (1)
• Silurian of Australia (10), Belarus (1), Canada (3: New Brunswick, Quebec), China (2), Mongolia (4), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (12), Sweden (5), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: Alaska)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Manitoba)
Total: 57 collections including 68 occurrences
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