Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Parent taxon: Pachyporidae according to S. Niko et al. 2018
See also Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acaciapora, Celechopora, Cladopora, Daljanolites, Dualipora, Egosiella, Gracilopora, Guanziyaopora, Guizhoustriatopora, Heterocoenites, Hillaepora, Isurugiopora, Pachypora, Pachystriatopora, Parastriatoporella, Protrachypora, Rhachopora, Rotundites, Sinkiangopora, Striatopora, Thamnopora, Thamnoporella, Thamnoptychia, Yakunopora, Zemmourella, Taouzia
Subtaxa: Gertholites curvatus Gertholites diversaporus Gertholites haikawai Gertholites jabiensis Gertholites tebaga Gertholites wilkinsoni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (5 collections), Cambodia (2), China (1), Indonesia (5), Iran (6), Nepal (1), Pakistan (1), Tunisia (1)
• Carboniferous of Japan (1)
Total: 23 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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