Protocyathactis Ivanovskiy 1961 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Paliphyllidae

Parent taxon: Paliphyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cystipaliphyllum, Gissarophyllum, Neopaliphyllum, Paliphyllum, Protoramulophyllum, Sumsarophyllum

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Corals of Brassfield Fm, mid-Llandovery, 46 - Patzkowsky (Silurian of Kentucky)

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