†family Proheliolitidae Kiaer 1899 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Proheliolitidae

Parent taxon: Proporicae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Norford 1967

Sister taxa: Cyrtophyllidae, Plasmoporellidae, Plasmoporidae, Proporidae, Sibiriolitidae

Subtaxa: Avicenia Kiaerolites Proheliolites Protoheliolites Schmidtilites

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Silurian of China (1 collection)

• Ordovician of China (6), Estonia (2), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1), Mongolia (3), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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