Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Synonyms: Apolythophyllum Walther 1928, Diversophyllum Sloss 1939, 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), Czechia (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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