Pseudoromingeria ignicula Niko 2009 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Aulocystidae

Full reference: S. Niko. 2009. Middle Permian Tabulate Corals from the Akasaka Limestone, Gifu Prefecture. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Series C 35:39-51

Belongs to Pseudoromingeria according to S. Niko 2009

Sister taxa: Pseudoromingeria kotoi, Pseudoromingeria onishii, Sinopora asiatica, Sinopora changshunensis, Sinopora cateniformis, Sinopora operta, Sinopora zhurihensis, Sinopora callosa, Sinopora ryozensanensis

Type specimen: NSM PA16702. Its type locality is Futatsuberi on the southern foot of Mt. Kinsho-zan, Akasaka-cho of Ogaki, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm wackestone in the Akasaka Limestone Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Futatsuberi on the southern foot of Mt. Kinsho-zan, Akasaka-cho of Ogaki

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