†subfamily Paleofavositinae Sokolov 1981 (tabulate coral)
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Parent taxon: Favositidae according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Emmonsiinae, Favositinae, Gephuropora, Pachyfavositinae, Palaeofavositinae, Paleofavosites, Squamites
Subtaxa: Mesofavosites Saffordophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (1 collection), Japan (2)
• Silurian of Belarus (2), China (26), Estonia (32), Mongolia (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (36), Ukraine (7), United States (9: Alaska)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (6: Manitoba, Nunavut, Québec), China (3), Estonia (3), the Russian Federation (14), United States (10: Alaska, Colorado, Kentucky, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 158 collections including 203 occurrences