Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1972. Silurian rugose corals of the Klamath Mountains region, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 738:1-50
Parent taxon: Ptenophyllinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Merriam 1972 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophyllum, Acmophyllum, Aphroidophyllum, Australophyllum, Dohmophyllum, Ecnomiophyllum, Embolophyllum, Gryphophyllum, Grypophyllum, Hankaxis, Hezhangophyllum, Imennovia, Lyrielasma, Neomphyma, Paleogrypophyllum, Pseudochonophyllum, Pseudogrypophyllum, Psydracophyllum, Redstonea, Salairophyllum, Taimyrophyllum, Tonkinaria, Toquimaphyllum, Weissermelia, Windelasma, Xystriphyllum
Subtaxa: Shastaphyllum schucherti
Type: Shastaphyllum schucherti
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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