Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Parent taxon: Cyathophyllina according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Bethanyphyllidae, Campophyllidae, Eridophyllidae, Ptychophyllidae, Zaphrentidae
Subtaxa: Commutatophyllum Cyathophyllum Glossophyllum Heterophaulactis Houershanophyllum Loomberaphyllum Mansuyphyllum Mictophyllum Moravophyllum Peripaedium Pseudozaphrentis Qiannanophyllum Radiophyllum Sterictophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Indonesia (1 collection), Italy (1), Madagascar (1)
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nunavut)
• Givetian of China (1)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (8), Austria (1), Canada (26: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (6), Czechia (4), Germany (15), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mauritania (1), Morocco (1), Myanmar (2), Spain (4), Tajikistan (2), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (28: Alaska, California, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania), Vietnam (1)
• Silurian of Canada (9: British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec), India (1), Norway (4), Sweden (3), United States (24: Alaska, California, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New York)
• Ordovician of China (1)
Total: 156 collections including 196 occurrences