Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Synonyms: Helenterophyllum Grabau 1910, Heliophrentis Grabau 1910, Zaphrentis Haime 1850
Parent taxon: Zaphrentidae according to D. Hill 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aemulophyllum, Cyathocylindrium, Heliophylloides, Heliophyllum, Keriophyllum, Phymatophyllum
Subtaxa: Zaphrentis arietina Zaphrentis excentrica Zaphrentis multilamella Zaphrentis simplex Zaphrentis stansburii
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (11: Alaska, Texas), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (22: Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia)
• Devonian of Australia (3), Austria (1), Canada (5: Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec), Germany (2), New Zealand (3), South Africa (4), United States (13: Alaska, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (1)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), United States (31: Alaska, California, New York, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Nunavut), United States (2: Illinois)
Total: 125 collections including 134 occurrences
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