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Gertholites diversaporus

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Taxonomy
Trachypora archilaeus diversapora was named by Flügel (1972). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kuh-e Bagh-e-Vang 64AR173, Shotori Mountains, Tabas, which is in a Kungurian marine carbonate in the Bagh-e Vang Formation of Iran.

It was recombined as Gertholites diversaporus by Niko et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Trachypora archilaeus diversapora Flügel p. 94 figs. Pl 6, figs 4,5
2018Gertholites diversaporus Niko et al. p. 26 figs. 6.1-6.4

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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
speciesdiversaporus()

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 diversaporus Flügel 1972
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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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Iran Gertholites diversaporus (233598) Trachypora archilaeus (99772 99774 99778 99779 type locality: 99780)