Araeopora tuberosa Waagen and Wentzel 1886 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Cleistoporidae

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 Araeopora according to W. Waagen and J. Wentzel 1886

Sister taxon: Araeopora ramosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rotta Roh, Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Capitanian/Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Rotta Roh, Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range

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