Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Full reference: T. T. Sharkova. 1981. Siluriiskiye i devonskiye tabulyaty Mongolii [Silurian and Devonian Tabulata of Mongolia]. Trudy Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongolskaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditisiya [Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition] 14:5-104
Belongs to Paleofavosites according to T. T. Sharkova 1981
Sister taxa: Palaeofavosites aaloei, Palaeofavosites abstrusus, Palaeofavosites aliquantulus, Palaeofavosites alveolaris, Palaeofavosites arcticus, Palaeofavosites aspera, Palaeofavosites balticus, Palaeofavosites borealis, Palaeofavosites collatatus, Palaeofavosites corrugatus, Palaeofavosites dagoensis, Palaeofavosites estonus, Palaeofavosites felix, Palaeofavosites forbesiformis, Palaeofavosites globosus, Palaeofavosites gramineus, Palaeofavosites haapsaluensis, Palaeofavosites hirtus, Palaeofavosites hystrix, Palaeofavosites ignotus, Palaeofavosites jaaniensis, Palaeofavosites juuru, Palaeofavosites karinuensis, Palaeofavosites legibilis, Palaeofavosites limbergensis, Palaeofavosites luhai, Palaeofavosites luxuriosus, Palaeofavosites mirus, Palaeofavosites mullochensis, Palaeofavosites mysticus, Palaeofavosites oelaensis, Palaeofavosites optatus, Palaeofavosites parilis, Palaeofavosites pauculus, Palaeofavosites paulus, Palaeofavosites porkuniensis, Palaeofavosites porosus, Palaeofavosites primus, Palaeofavosites raikuelaensis, Palaeofavosites rudis, Palaeofavosites rugosus, Palaeofavosites saaremicus, Palaeofavosites schmidti, Palaeofavosites septosus, Palaeofavosites suurikuensis, Palaeofavosites tenuis, Palaeofavosites tersus, Palaeofavosites vetustus, Palaeofavosites vexatus, Paleofavosites capax, Paleofavosites kuellmeri, Paleofavosites mccullochae, Paleofavosites okulitchi, Paleofavosites poulseni, Paleofavosites prayi, Paleofavosites sparsus, Paleofavosites transiens, Calamopora fibrosa, Calamopora reticulata, Calamopora spongites, Calamopora alveolaris
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shovdol Obo Mountains, Baruun-Urt, Eastern Gobi, Sükhbaatar Formation, which is in a Ludlow reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Sükhbaatar Formation of Mongolia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Silurian of Mongolia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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