Alveolites pseudorbicularis Iven 1980 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae

Full reference: C. Iven. 1980. Alveolitiden und Heliolitiden aus dem Mittel- und Oberdevon des Bergischen Landes (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) [Alveolitids and heliolitids from the Middle and Upper Devonian of the Bergisches Land (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge)]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 167:121-179

Belongs to Alveolites according to C. Iven 1980

Sister taxa: Alveolites bergeri, Alveolites bilsteinensis, Alveolites buchiana, Alveolites fornicatus, Alveolites gruenewaldti, Alveolites lindensis, Alveolites multilamella, Alveolites producti, Alveolites rockfordensis, Alveolites saleei, Alveolites suborbicularis, Alveolites tenuissimus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Eikamp, Bergisch-Gladbach, which is in a Givetian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Torringen Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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