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Gertholites jabiensis

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Taxonomy
Pachypora jabiensis 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 Favosites jabiensis by Arthaber (1900); it was recombined as Thamnopora jabiensis by Fontaine (1961); it was recombined as Gertholites jabiensis by Sorauf (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Pachypora jabiensis Waagen and Wentzel p. 847 figs. Pl 97, fig 2
1900Favosites jabiensis Arthaber p. 288
1922Pachypora jabiensis Gerth p. 12
1961Thamnopora jabiensis Fontaine p. 209 figs. Pl 32, figs 1,2
2004Gertholites jabiensis Sorauf

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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
speciesjabiensis()

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 jabiensis 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 Artinskian to the top of the Capitanian or 290.10000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902Indonesia Pachypora jabiensis (133132)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Indonesia Pachypora jabiensis (39614)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia Pachypora jabiensis (39608 39610)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Cambodia Thamnopora jabiensis (107273 107275)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Pachypora jabiensis (type locality: 90253)