Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Full reference: E. C. Stumm. 1961. Corals of the Traverse Group of Michigan, Part VI, Cladopora, Striatopora and Thamnopora. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology 16(4):275-285
Belongs to Thamnopora according to E. C. Stumm 1961
Sister taxa: Thamnopora compacta, Thamnopora densa, Thamnopora germanica, Thamnopora immensa, Thamnopora insculpta, Thamnopora marmionensis, Thamnopora reticulata, Thamnopora yavorskyi
Type specimen: UM 3 7794, a calyx (85062). Its type locality is Abandoned quarry of the Thunder Bay Quarries Company, eastern edge of Alpena, which is in a Givetian carbonate claystone in the Four Mile Dam Formation of Michigan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (2: Michigan collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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