†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

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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

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