†family Paliphyllidae Soshkina 1955 (horn coral)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Paliphyllidae
Parent taxon: Streptelasmatina according to D. Hill 1981
See also Kaljo 1958
Sister taxa: Acrophyllidae, Amsdenoididae, Cyathaxoniicae, Ditoecholasmatidae, Kodonophyllidae, Mucophyllidae, Streptelasmatidae, Zaphrenticae
Subtaxa: Cystipaliphyllum Gissarophyllum Neopaliphyllum Paliphyllum Protocyathactis Protoramulophyllum Sumsarophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Estonia (10 collections), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (7: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio)
• Ordovician of Canada (3: British Columbia, Manitoba, Québec), Estonia (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences