Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Alternative combination: Favosites marmionensis
Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1915. Western Australian Carboniferous fossils, chiefly from Mount Marmion, Lennard River, West Kimberley. Western Australia Geological Survey Bulletin 58:7-59
Belongs to Thamnopora according to D. Hill 1942
See also Etheridge 1915
Sister taxa: Thamnopora compacta, Thamnopora densa, Thamnopora germanica, Thamnopora immensa, Thamnopora insculpta, Thamnopora magniventra, Thamnopora reticulata, Thamnopora yavorskyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mount Marmion (Maitland coll), which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Noonkanbah Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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