Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1961. Montoya and related colonial corals. Memoir New Mexico State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources 7(1):3-97
Belongs to Paleofavosites according to R. H. Flower 1961
Sister taxa: Palaeofavosites aaloei, Palaeofavosites abstrusus, Palaeofavosites aliquantulus, Palaeofavosites alveolaris, Palaeofavosites arcticus, Palaeofavosites aspera, Palaeofavosites balticus, Palaeofavosites borealis, Palaeofavosites collatatus, Palaeofavosites corrugatus, Palaeofavosites dagoensis, Palaeofavosites estonus, Palaeofavosites felix, Palaeofavosites forbesiformis, Palaeofavosites globosus, Palaeofavosites gramineus, Palaeofavosites haapsaluensis, Palaeofavosites hirtus, Palaeofavosites hystrix, Palaeofavosites ignotus, Palaeofavosites jaaniensis, Palaeofavosites juuru, Palaeofavosites karinuensis, Palaeofavosites legibilis, Palaeofavosites limbergensis, Palaeofavosites luhai, Palaeofavosites luxuriosus, Palaeofavosites mirus, Palaeofavosites mullochensis, Palaeofavosites mysticus, Palaeofavosites oelaensis, Palaeofavosites optatus, Palaeofavosites parilis, Palaeofavosites pauculus, Palaeofavosites paulus, Palaeofavosites porkuniensis, Palaeofavosites porosus, Palaeofavosites primus, Palaeofavosites raikuelaensis, Palaeofavosites rudis, Palaeofavosites rugosus, Palaeofavosites saaremicus, Palaeofavosites schmidti, Palaeofavosites septosus, Palaeofavosites suurikuensis, Palaeofavosites tenuis, Palaeofavosites tersus, Palaeofavosites vetustus, Palaeofavosites vexatus, Paleofavosites barunurticus, Paleofavosites capax, Paleofavosites kuellmeri, Paleofavosites mccullochae, Paleofavosites okulitchi, Paleofavosites poulseni, Paleofavosites prayi, Paleofavosites transiens, Calamopora alveolaris, Calamopora fibrosa, Calamopora reticulata, Calamopora spongites
Type specimen: Its type locality is El Paso, Franklin Mountains, which is in an Edenian shallow subtidal limestone in the Second Value Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at El Paso, Franklin Mountains
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