Anthozoa - Stauriida - Paliphyllidae
Synonym: Sclerophyllum Reyman 1956
Parent taxon: Paliphyllidae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Kaljo 1958, Mõtus and Hints 2007, Neuman 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cystipaliphyllum, Gissarophyllum, Neopaliphyllum, Protocyathactis, Protoramulophyllum, Sumsarophyllum
Subtaxa: Paliphyllum primarium Paliphyllum sokolovi Paliphyllum soshkinae Paliphyllum suecicum
Type: Paliphyllum primarium
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Estonia (10 collections), United States (6: Indiana, Ohio)
• Ordovician of Canada (3: British Columbia, Manitoba, Québec), Estonia (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences
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