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Gertholites haikawai

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Taxonomy
Gertholites haikawai was named by Shuji and Fujikawa (2016). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AK-19, Okubo area, Mine city, which is in a Moliniacian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Gertholites haikawai Shuji and Fujikawa

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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
specieshaikawai

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 haikawai Shuji and Fujikawa 2016
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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: Moliniacian or 346.70000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moliniacian346.7 - 339.9Japan Gertholites haikawai (type locality: 181401)