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Pachypora mongolia

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Taxonomy
Pachypora mongolia was named by Sharkova (1981). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Tsakhir-Khalgain-Nuru, Tsogt area, which is in a Siegen reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Tsogt Formation of Mongolia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. wangi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Pachypora mongolia Sharkova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyPachyporoidea(Gerth 1921)
familyPachyporidaeGerth 1921
genusPachyporaLindström 1873
speciesmongolia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pachypora mongolia Sharkova 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Siegen or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Siegen413.02 - 410.62Mongolia Pachypora mongolia (type locality: 79714)