Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Synonym: Sinospongophyllum Yoh 1937
Parent taxon: Kyphophyllinae according to R. L. S. Brownlaw and J. S. Jell 2008
See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981, Merriam 1974, Sepkoski 2002 and Sorauf 1987
Sister taxa: Bouvierphyllum, Mikkwaphyllum, Parasmithiphyllum, Plectophyllum, Smithiphyllum, Tarphyphyllum, Wapitiphyllum
Subtaxa: Tabulophyllum buccinum Tabulophyllum carinatum Tabulophyllum curtum Tabulophyllum levorsoni Tabulophyllum mutabile
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (7 collections), Belgium (6), Canada (25: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (4), the Czech Republic (5), France (3), Germany (4), Kazakhstan (8), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (11), Spain (3), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (28: Alaska, Arizona, California, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, New York), Vietnam (3)
• Silurian of United States (6: California)
Total: 120 collections including 155 occurrences
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