Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Parent taxon: Phillipsastreidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bensonastraea, Chuanbeiphyllum, Farabophyllum, Frechastraea, Keriophylloides, Kuangxiastraea, Macgeea, Pachyphyllum, Peneckiella, Phacellophyllum, Phillipsastrea, Protomacgeea, Pterorrhiza, Scruttonia, Smithicyathus, Stellatophyllum, Sudetia, Sulcorphyllum, Trapezophyllum, Vestigiphyllum, Phillipsastraeinae, Phacellophyllinae
Subtaxa: Thamnophyllum cordense Thamnophyllum julli Thamnophyllum kimberleyense Thamnophyllum ossalense Thamnophyllum pedderi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Morocco (2 collections)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Australia (18), Austria (2), Belgium (5), Canada (25: Alberta, British columbia, Northwest Territories), the Czech Republic (6), France (4), Germany (8), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), Morocco (3), Poland (7), the Russian Federation (12), Spain (8), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (12: Alaska), Vietnam (1)
Total: 131 collections including 141 occurrences
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