Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Alternative combinations: Gertholites curvata, Pachypora curvata
Full reference: W. Waagen and J. Wentzel. 1886. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part VI. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(6):835-924
Belongs to Gertholites according to W. S. Wu 1975
See also Flügel 1966, Gerth 1922, Rothpletz 1892, Sorauf 2004 and Waagen and Wentzel 1886
Sister taxa: Gertholites diversaporus, Gertholites haikawai, Gertholites jabiensis, Gertholites tebaga, Gertholites wilkinsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Indonesia (2), Nepal (1), Pakistan (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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