Anthozoa - Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Full reference: S. Niko. 2001. Sakmarian (Early Permian) Tabulate Corals from the Mizuyagadani Formation, Gifu Prefecture. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C 27(1, 2):25-32
Belongs to Cladochonus according to S. Niko 2001
Sister taxa: Cladochonus beecheri, Cladochonus carrascoi, Cladochonus crassus, Cladochonus magnus, Cladochonus nicholsoni, Cladochonus shawi, Cladochonus striatus, Cladochonus tenuicollis
Type specimen: HMM 04078. Its type locality is Mizubora-dani Valley, Fukuji area, Gifu Prefecture, which is in a Sakmarian marine shale in the Mizuyagadani Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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