Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Parent taxon: Laccophyllinae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956, Merriam 1972, Merriam 1974 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alleynia, Barrandeophyllum, Bitraria, Boolelasma, Kabakovitchiella, Laccophyllum, Metrionaxon, Pedderelasma, Saucrophyllum, Schindewolfia, Sutherlandinia
Subtaxa: Syringaxon foerstei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (1 collection)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Australia (12), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (1), Mongolia (1), Morocco (3), New Zealand (1), Poland (2), Tajikistan (5), the United Kingdom (5), United States (6: Nevada, New York)
• Silurian of Australia (5), Belarus (1), China (2), the Czech Republic (1), Mongolia (1), Sweden (3), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California, Oklahoma), Venezuela (1)
Total: 61 collections including 72 occurrences
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