†family Syringolitidae Waagen and Wentzel 1886 (tabulate coral)
Anthozoa - Favositida - Syringolitidae
Parent taxon: Favositicae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Klaamann 1964
Sister taxa: Agetolitidae, Cleistoporidae, Favositidae, Micheliniidae, Multisoleniidae, Palaeacidae, Pseudofavositidae, Vaughaniidae
Subtaxa: Actinopora Ohnopora Parafavosites Syringolites
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Devonian of Tajikistan (1 collection)
• Jaani of Estonia (4)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (3), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Kentucky)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence