Pachypora monstrosa Gerth 1922 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Alternative combination: Gertholites monstrosus

Full reference: H. Gerth. 1922. Der palaeontologische Charakter der Anthozoën-fauna des Perm von Timor. Jaarboek van het Mijnwezen Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 49:1-32

Belongs to Pachypora according to H. Gerth 1922

See also Sorauf 2004

Sister taxa: Pachypora lamellicornis, Pachypora lapparenti, Pachypora lobata, Pachypora mongolia, Pachypora pusilla, Pachypora tortuosa, Pachypora tumida

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Basleo (Molengraaff and Wanner collections) (Permian of Indonesia)

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