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Gertholites curvatus

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Taxonomy
Pachypora curvata was named by Waagen and Wentzel (1886). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Gertholites curvatus by Flügel (1966), Wu (1975); it was recombined as Gertholites curvata by Sorauf (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Pachypora curvata Waagen and Wentzel p. 846 figs. Pl 97, figs 1,3
1892Pachypora curvata Rothpletz p. 67 figs. Pl 12, figs 6-8; pl 11, figs 1, 2
1922Pachypora curvata Gerth p. 13 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
1966Gertholites curvatus Flügel p. 115 figs. Pl 4, figs 4,5
1975Gertholites curvatus Wu p. 99 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-4
2004Gertholites curvata Sorauf p. 180

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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
genusGertholitesSokolov 1955
speciescurvatus()

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.

†Gertholites curvatus Waagen and Wentzel 1886
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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: base of the Roadian to the top of the Changhsingian or 274.40000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia Pachypora curvata (39608)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Indonesia Pachypora curvata (132787)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Pachypora curvata (type locality: 90253)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Gertholites curvatus (110539)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Nepal Gertholites curvatus (99791)