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Palaeofavosites forbesiformis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Taxonomy

Palaeofavosites forbesiformis was named by Sokolov (1951).

Subspecies

P. porosus

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. acerbus, P. argutus, P. asper, P. borohoroensis, P. capax, P. elegans, P. forbesiformes, P. hanhsiensis, P. ivanovi, P. moribundus, P. okulitchi, P. prolificus, P. rajkulensis, P. sinensis, P. turukhanicus, P. zhenganensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1951	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis Sokolov

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Tabulata	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
order	Favositida	Wedekind 1937

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Favositina	Wedekind 1937
superfamily	Favositoidea	(Dana 1846)
family	Favositidae	Dana 1846
genus	Palaeofavosites	Twenhofel 1914
species	forbesiformis	Sokolov 1951

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.

†Palaeofavosites forbesiformis Sokolov 1951

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†Palaeofavosites forbesiformis porosus Sokolov 1952

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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 Juuru to the top of the Jaani or 443.10000 to 431.20000 Ma

Collections (24 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Järva)	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis (174979)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Lääne)	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis (174141 174969)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Lääne-Virumaa)	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis (175032)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Hiiu)	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis (174178)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Rapla)	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis (174980 175024 175084 175085)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis (174162 174163 174169 174946 174971 175068 175069 175086)
Juuru	443.1 - 440.8	Estonia (Lääne-Viru County)	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis (174968 174975 175022)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	China (Guizhou)	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis (27790)
Jaani	433.5 - 431.2	Estonia (Saare)	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis (174959)
Jaani	433.5 - 431.2	Estonia	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis (175000)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	China (Xinjiang)	Palaeofavosites forbesiformis (27834)