Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
Parent taxon: Plerophyllina according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Adamanophyllidae, Anisophyllidae, Endotheciidae, Lophophyllidae, Polycoeliidae, Timorphyllidae, Verbeekiellidae
Subtaxa: Barbarella Baryphyllinae Cryptophyllum Paracaninia Plerophyllinae Plerophyllum Ufimia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (6 collections), Armenia (11), Australia (7), Azerbaijan (39), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (54), Greece (1), Greenland (1), Indonesia (3), Iran (34), Italy (1), Nepal (1), Pakistan (6), the Russian Federation (3), Thailand (6), Timor-Leste (1), Tunisia (1)
• Carboniferous of China (1), France (1), Germany (2), Ireland (2), Morocco (2), Poland (1), Spain (1), United States (2: Nevada, Utah)
• Devonian of Morocco (1), Spain (1)
Total: 190 collections including 298 occurrences